A SMART TRAVELER.
HE CAUSEti -A SLEUTMHOUND VERY
GREAT ASTONISHMENT.
A Clever Traveling Man Who Wu r Good
leml Smarter Than a Western OctM-Xi-wm
The Meaaa He Took to Teach the
Ofllcar m Leswin In Carefulness.
A famous western detective declares
that he never Surprised a criminal more
"-completely than he himself was sur-
III Lm'liI in a. innmpv frrtm lltuinv a Maw
York.
He was seated comfortably in a parlor
car skimming over a newspaper., when a
gentleman rose ifrom ' "tlie seat 'opposite,
and tonching him on the shoulder re
marked in an offhand way, as if they
iiad been chatting together for hours:
w en, sir, or course you win ao an
yoa think best, but it's my opinion that
you are on a false scent, v. ' : :
"How do you l meanT asked the de
tective. .staring at the man with all hia
eyes in a vain attempt to make ont his
identity. .
"Why, 1 mean that there is no rise in
your trying to find ont the motive
which prompted this young girl to throw
Aerself into the river, because she was
' dead before she ever left the land.
"What young girl? What river? Who
are you talking ubont and who are you?"
All this rather sharply, for the west
erner was not a little piqued by being
Addressed' thus familiarly by an entire
stranger, who seemed and that was the
puzzling part of it to be perfectly fa
miliar with his private affairs.
"I trust, sir. that 1 am not annoying
you, said tiie newcomer with the nt-
naost courtesy. "I know what profes
sional discretion calls for on your part,
but the extreme interest i take in the
Xate of this unfortunate girl prompted
Us. Derharm Tinwiselv. to venture the
suggestion you seein to resent.
Somewhat mollified, but as much in
the dark as ever as to the man's identity.
me aetective replied: ,
"But, my dear sir, how can you pos
sibly take any interest in my business
wnen you do. not know me?
"An, but there you are mistaken." said
the other smiling. "I do tnowyon very
wen ana sympathize deeply with you in
the loss of your poor mother, who died
about a month ago. if 1 am nof'mis
teken." This was indeed the case and wouder
ingly the detective listened as the gen
tleman went on:
"By the way, you must have had an
exciting time in your recent trip abroad
in pursuit of those St. Louis counterfeit
. ers. What a pity they gave you the slip
at Mannheim. But for that you would
have accomplished one of the greatest
pieces of detective work of modem times.
Don't you think that German banker
who was so friendly betrayed yon to the
rascals?"
"1 haven't the slightest doubt he did.
exclaimed the man of wile, "but who in
the name of heaven are you?"
The stranger, still smiling, continued:
I suppose you have given up the idea
of having that boy of yours follow in
your footsteps? On the whole 1 think
the law will lie a better career for him.
He has not your strength and endurance
and"
"Now, look here, my friend," inter
rupted the bewildered detective, 'let's
call a halt on this funny business. I'll
own up yon have got the drop on me.
Now, come, what is in the scheme? How
do you come to know, and above all
"how, in the name of all that is mys
terious, do you know things about me
which no one"-
"Oh. I know more than that," was the
exasperating reply. "I know all about
the mean way you were turned down at
the head office last summer. 1 know the
man who did it and why he was jealous
of you. I know how you proposed to
get square with him in this very case by
proving that he -has . accepted hush
monev from"- 'V- '--".
"For Urod's sake, my dear sir. be care
ful what you are saying. Soma one in
lllA I'll r i I'm , 1 1.1 ...nnl., - r" . - . 1
"."j w uoMTumij. uuuu Hieaa
French?"
'That is precisely what 1 do speak;"
said the other, and suiting the action to
"the word he continued in that language,
which he spoke with the purest Parisian
accent. . .
"Now listen and 1 will give you an
explanation of the uresent eniarma.. Pos
sibly yon may find iii it a lesson -for the
future.
"Do you remember being dowu in
Pennsylvania about a fortnight ago,
riding from Pittsburg to Oil City with a
dark complexioned man about my height
who wore a full black beard?"
"Yes." answered the detective, "I do.
That was an eastern detective who was
working with me on a bank robbery.
He is one of my best friends.
. -And you told him. did you not. all
about this recent row you have had at
headquarters, 'and -discussed with him
what was the best thing.to do about it?"
"Yes; but how did you know that?
Did he tell yonT . .. .
"Never mind how 1 know it. You
AlRA tnllrAil nvar nr4i-Vi l.i-n, .1
are now working upon .and declared
your intention of exposing the dishonor
able conduct of yonr rival. Is not that
true? And if 60. don't you think that
for a detective of your experience you
showed a lack of caution in speaking of
' such seriona niflttcru jn o nKiis -'
V Yes," answered the detective quick
ly, "but 1 remember now that my friend
and spoke only French as a precaution.
No one understands French out in west
ern Pennsylvania."
"And what if 1 told you that 1 was in
the seat behind you all the way to Oil
City; apparently fast asleep? What
would you say to that?" v
The detective's jaw fell.
"Do yon mean to tell me that all you
know about my life and my business
you" got from - a chance conversation
overheard on a railway?"
"Precisely."
"And that you never knew me, or my
friend, or any one who knew us?"
"Never. . .. . : "''
' "Well;: stranger." yon are a smarter
detective than 1 am and you've got a
memory that's just ohain lightning.
There's just ten minutes to wait here.
Come along and have a cigar." New
York Herald. .
LACKS TRUTH ONLY
COLD FACT 8 DESTROY AN ENTE.R
'"'" TAINING 'GHOST "STORV: 1 .
Reminisrencea of Lorri Lytton Which Are
'" More . Valuable vlu Relation Than Id
TruthrulneHa An Alleged Haunted
. Room Which I Mil -Not Klnt. - - .'--'
- - .
Koiuantic Lord L.ytt.on was, but uot
superstitious. His death, however, has
revived the story of the yellow boy's
room, the ghost chamber said to exist at
Knebworth house, the beautiful ances
tral home of the Lyttons for more than
WO years..- At Mr.: W. P. Frith's door
.must the charge be laid of having pnt
tfie interesting tale in circulation, for we
find it first in his engaging volume of
" Reminiscences." After relating West
wood's experiences with the weird wom
an of the Maison Blob, the painter sup
plements the story by another anecdote
of more tragical significance. - '; . I . : -
.At Knebworth,"' he says, "the seat
of. Lord Lytton, there is a bedchamber
called the yellow boy's room." . He then
proceeds to relate that .during a visit to
Knebworth, Lord Castlereagh, while the
guest of the grandfather of the late
British embassador to Paris,' was as
signed without a word of warning to the
mysterious and haunted room. Feeling
very tired he soou dropped into sleep,
bnt his uneasy slumbers were troubled
and it was not long before he awoke.
What it was which startled him his lord
ship never knew, but the sight which
met his eyes as he gazed at the still burn
ing fire in his room was startling enough.
The figure of a boy, with long, yellowish
hair streaming down, sat in front of the
fireplace with his back toward the Irish
nobleman. As the latter looked, the lad
arose, turned toward him, and drawing
back the curtain at the bottom of the
bed with one hand, with the other he
drew his fingers two or three times across
his throat. Of coarse the impression
produced on Castlereagh. was decidedly
disturbing. Bulwer insisted that he
-must have been dreaming, but his lord--ship
declared with emphasis that he saw
the figure as distinctly as he saw his host
at that moment, aud that, far from being
asleep, he was wide awake.
A TKItKlBl.R EXPERIENCE. ,
Air. Frith then adds that Mr. Bulwer,
did uot tell Lord Castlereagh Byron's'
carotid cutting Castlereagh" that the
yellow loy always appeared to any one
who was destined to die a violent death
and always indicated the manner of it
to his victim.
A more amusing uud less unpleasant
incident is told of the same chamber at
Kuebworth by our artist author, the
subject being a timid, nervous brother
painter ' who spent a night at the poet's
lovely and stately retreat in Hertford
shire. The father of the author of "Ln
cile.." Air. Frith says, confided the d
tails of the Castlereagh story to his
guest on allotting the yellow boy "s room
to him. remarking on bidding, him good
nigbt. "You will not be frightened, will
yonr "No o o." said the painter, with
an ashy face. "Well, it is getting late;
what do you say to retiring? Yes, that
is your candle. Too warm for a fire in
your room. Yon don t hnhd? Good
night." "The rest of the story shall be
told," says Frith, "in my 'old friend's
words as nearly as I can remember them.
I had Been," he went on, i'the infernal
room before dinner, and 1 thought it
looked a ghostly sort of place, and when
1 reached it that night what would ( not
have given to be back in my own room
at home I 1 looked nnder the bed. nn thn
great, wide chimney, and had a. shock
from the sight of my own face in the
looking glass. No ghost could be whiter
than I was. I don't believe in ghosts,
you know, but still it was really too bad
of Lytton to tell me such things just as
I was going to bed. aud then to put me
ip the very placet There was an awful
old cabinet. . I managed to pull open the
door and was tugging at the other, when
my candle went out bow, 1 don't know
somebody seemed to-blow it ont.- 1
can t tell 3'on what became of it; all 1
know .w I jumped into bed with-my
boots on: and lay trembling there for
hours. Frith literally for hours till
sleep took me at last; aud never was 1
more thankful than when I awoke and
saw the sun shining into the yellow boy's
room." . . : .- - .
.-' - NO TRUTH IN THE STORY.
The circumstantiality with which Mr.
Frith tells these short tales must con
vince his readers that he is thoroughly
satisfied in" his own mind that the inci
dents which he carefully describes all
happened ' at Knebworth. - And yet. in
that . respect; 'he is altogether out in his
reckoning. There is- no. yellow boy's
roimi in that grand old house of the Lyt
tons at Knebworth. ... Lord Castlereagh
never spent a night there, nor is it known
that tie ever visited the placer in bis life.
In the autuiun of 1884 I spent two or
three very agreeable days at Knebworth,
the guest of Lord Lytton, who very kindly
snowed me everything of interest about
bis borne and its charming surroundings.
I thought it Strang that the yellow
boy's- rboni-if there really was such a
room had not been-open to me, and that
the very ;tory; associated with it in the
Frith reminiscences had "been kept back.
So I sent off a hurried note to Owen
Meredith, then performing his embassa
donal functions in the gayest capital in
Europe, and an early mail brought, me
these lines: , ' - , . , .t
-Paris. 8th Feb'y. 1888.
-My Drab Mr. Stewart 1 answer
your letter of the 13th nlto. in desperate
sod - unavoidable haste,- Mr. Frith's
autobiography is all wrong abont the
story of the 'Yellow Boy."' That' story
-was told by Sir Walter Scott of Lord
Castlereagh. who is said to have seen
the 'Yellow Boy in some house in Ire
land at the time when he was secretary
for Ireland, just before the union, and
the story went that the apparition then
predicted to him the mode of his death.
But the incident certainly did not occur
at Knebworth,. nor do I think Lord
Castlereagh was ever there. Yours very
faithfnlly. - - Lytton."
The Castlereagh story is quite familiar
to the readers of Scott and Lock hart's
noble biography. Independent.
I".,. Lamdi a Rich Duka OhomL
' The late Duke of Devonshire owned
land in fourteen different counties. The
estates extend to 193,000 acres, and the
annual rental is -something over 170,
000. Much of the land In and about
Eastbourne was the . property, of the
duke, and, like that in the vicinity of
Barrow-in-Furness, has- increased enor
mously in value of late years. -
The duke possessed no fewer than
even seats, the cost of keeping up
which alone must have been consider
able. The duke had the patronage of
over, forty church livings, the annual
total value of which exceeds 10,000 per
annum. ' .
The founder of the house was William
Cavendish, commonly supposed (accord
ing to Mr. Evans' "Old Nobility") to be
identical with that Cavendish who wrote
the "Life of Wolsey," and who has been
immortalized by Shakespeare. The fifth
duke was the husband of the duchess
whose portrait was painted by Gainsbor
ough, and about whom there is a story
similar to that of one of the duchesses of
Gordon of her kissing tradesmen to ob
tain votes. It was the sixth duke who
formed the famous gardens at Chats
worth. The family motto, "Safe by
being cautious," applies, most people
will think, very fitly to the new duke.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Stricken with Blindness While Singing.
' George Neely, a Kensington boatman,
has been suddenly aud mysteriously
stricken blind. His' eyesight left him
Monday without warning and without
any painful confinement. " He had begun
his usual work on a canal boat on. the
Raritan canal, from New, Brunswick.
He had walked a 6tepor two on the boat,
singing merrily to . himself, when sud
denly everything grew black. He could
not see objects half a foot distant. His
vision had completely failed him.
Groping about the deck he tried to
communicate his affliction to the other
deckhands. When his true condition
was discovered he was tenderly taken
care of, and when the canal boat reached
this city he was conveyed to his home in
Kensington, and there attended to.
Still he grew no better. It was then de
cided that the best place for him was a
hospital.
His nephew accompanied liim to the
Philadelphia hospital. On arriving there
he was examined and placed in the,
nervous ward, .where he is resting quiet
ly, with his vision only slightly im
proved. Philadelphia Record.
Marriage Under Olfficultivs.
A. M. Phillips and Millie Burns, of
Coleridge, Neb., had to visit three states
before they were married.
The couple first went to Hartington to
be united, but the bride was too young
to meet the requirements of ' the Ne
braska law. On Sunday they started
for Yankton, being assured that they
could meet with no obstacles. . Arrived
at the Missouri river they found the
bridge had been washed out only an
hour before. It was night before they
finally found a boatman to take them to
the South Dakota bank,-- where they
found themselves two miles above the
town in a willow thicket.
Late at night they reached town and
were obliged to wait till morning before
calling on a justice of the peace. On
Monday they learned to their disgust
that the laws of South Dakota, although
-more liberal than those of Nebraska,
did not sanction, the marriage of one so
young as the would be bride. "They
.were told to go to Iowa, which they did,
-and there met - with better success.
Cor. . Minneapolis Tribune.
Two Scared Indians.
Two Indians from the La Pointe reser
vation arrived in Bayfield a "few days
ago paralyzed with fear. They told a
wonderful story of adventure. They
had started on a hunt on Madeline island
and intended to visit some friends. They
camped on a spot about four miles from
the village. At midnight the Indians
were aroused by a fearful struggle. Be
fore them were two men and a woman
battling, the contestants being covered
with blood.
The Indians say the forms disappeared
afterward, but the sounds and groans
were kept up all night. People in that
vicinity claim there has been a terrible
murder committed on the island some
time in the past, and that the "ghosts"
of the parties were seen by the Indians.
-miwauKee v isconsm
Exporting Live !ce from Russia.
Live geese are exported from"" Russia
to Germany and Austria "in very large
numbers. .An export house of Warsaw
intends -building special .cars for -the
transportation of geetjo directly to-their
places ,of destination, if the railroad
managers will grant them permission to
run. the cars. The ministry on roads of
intercommunication was notified of 'the
proposal of that firm,' and its favorable
decision is expected. The cars are to be
constructed with appliances to change
from the broad gauge of the Russian
lines to -the narrow gauge of the German
lines without loss of time St. Peters
burg Letter.' - - " - r - " .--
. " Will Be Visited by the Queen. .
Coetebelle, " the charming -suburb of
Hyeres, at which it is' announced that
the' queen will - spend -the month of
March, is delightfully situated on the
southern slopes of the lovely Costebelle
hills, and is promptly identified by Amer
cans as "the nearest thing in Europe - to
a south California ranch" though the
busy little neighboring town, with its
orchestra and casino, somewhat upsets
the delusion. -London Letter.
In a photograph of -Ihe heavens now
in course of preparation at the Paris ob
servatory, it is calculated that 60,000,000
stars will be represented. In the nebula?
of the Lyre, M. Bailland took a photo
graph 4 by 5 inches which reveals 4,800
stars to the naked eye! - .
. The -Florida orange has so far ; sup
planted those from the Mediterranean
that they will be shipped directly from
Florida to Europe. In the Liverpool
market they bring : nearly double the
price of other oranges.
Gallantly Rescued.
' Five days-- ago pretty Kittie M. Hall,'
of Mayhews, aged eighteen,' came to
Sacramento. At a social party she met
Edward J. " Farmer, a prepossessing
young man of twenty-one. The liking
was mutual. Miss -Hall said she had
left home temporarily to avoid the im
portunities of an aged . lover, who was
distasteful to her, though favored by
her parents because of his financial
ability.
" "111 help you out of your difficulty,"
said the gallant young man. .
"How?" she asked.
"I'll marry you myself, if yon say the
word." . . - .
She flushed shyly, asked for a minute
in which to reflect, gave himpermission
to obtain a license and' became Mrs.
Farmer. ' ' ' " - .
The ancient suitor arrived soon after
the ceremony was performed. He went
straight to the county clerk's office, and
when informed of what had happened
said, with some shpw of chagrin, "That
settles it," and walked out.
Farmer and bride were invisible. He
is a clerk in a dry goods store on a mod
est salary. Cor. San Francisco Chron
icle. . - -- - -
Novel to Some7
Miss Antique No, I'm not . going to
Mrs. Whitehair's reception.
. Miss Budd Why not?
"Oh, she always talks about old Jtimes,
and that makes me tired. .1 don't see
how you can stand her."
"But, my dear, her subject is new to
most of us, you know." New York
Weekly.
Had Probably Seem Bis Ancestors.
It was proposed that a certain very
small boy should have his portrait paint
ed. He was greatly distressed,' saying,
between his sobs, "Oh, father, I don't
want to always hang upon the wall!"
Theccmmmi nfflietioiisnf ivoir.ee nrts'tk-hcad-elic-'
t:;dltetio-.i n-ni liervuus troubles, 'tbey
artvo lurgcly f;om tts.mut j Clsorilcis. As Joy's
Vc-se;ublo farsapcrilla j ; the u!y towtl r(ju
latii.g preparation, voa i: see v.liy it Is more
ciTeeiivc tbnu any otiier t arjai.arilla in tl.we
troubles. It is daiiy relieving hundreds. Tbe
Bct.o.i i mild, direct and tJR-etive. We have
ccoicsof Idlers from grateful women.
We refer to a few:
Nervous dcbiUty, Mrs. J. Earriui, 112 7!h fit., S. F.
Nervous debility, Mrs. Fred. l.oy. 5-7 lillis St, S.F.
General debility, Mrs. BeldeU; 610 Mason St, 8.F,
Nervous debility, Mrs. J. Lainpbere, 785 Turk St.,
Kcrvoni i-cbility. Miss II. Hoseublum. 2T.2 17th
Sit., ti. F.
Ston-.acli troubles, Mrs. R. t Wbentou, 701 Post
st"., S. V.
Sick beadaclic?, Mrs. M. B. Price, 10 Prosvect
l'lace. S. F. . .
Bick headaches, Mrs. M. Fowler, 327 Ellis St.,S.r.
Indigestion, Mrs. C. D. Stuart, 1221 Mission St,
Cuvstipatlon, Mu. C. Melvin, 126 Kearny St.. S.P.
Joy's
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
Most modem, most effective, largest bottle.
Eome price, J1.00 or 6 tor $5.00..
For Sate by SNIPES & 7KINERSLY
.THE DALLES. OREGON.
1-75 GRIPPE
By usintr 8. B. HearinnhR
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
'DooE:iBisExrxjXi-sr
used two years ago during the La Grippe epl
uemie, ana very nattering testimonials of their
power over that disease are at and. Manuf act
uredbythe8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
A Severe Law.
" The English peo
ple look more closely
'to tbe genuineness
V of thesestaples than
t T ' '""we do- In facr' they -
"" 1 " hal! a law under
'(ffiMf? ""h!b, they make
seizures ana - ae--stroy
adulterated
nrrwl nnfu thnfc an
- r-
not what they are represented to be. Under
' this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul
teration. -'.. ,
""Tea, by tbe way, is one of the most notorl
' otiyly adulterated articles of commerce. Not
' alone are the bright, shiny green teas artift- .
tially c61ored,"but-th(.uands of pounds of
substitute! for. tea leaves are- used to swell
the bulk of cheap teas; ash, sloe, and willow
leaves being those moat commonly used.
Again, sweepings irm -tea warehouses are "
colored aud sold as tea. Even exhausted tea
leaves ga'.hcicd from the tea-houses are kept,
dried, and made over aud find their way Into
the cheap tea. .
3he EugliNh govemmcul attempts to stamp
this out by rouAtscativn; but no tea is too
; poor for tx-, aT:d the result U, that probably
the poore t teas used by any nation are those
Consumed in America, ' r . --.
Beech's Tea is presented with the guar
anty that It is nneolored and unadulterated ;
in fact" the suu-cureu tea leaf pure and sim
ple.' Its purity Insures superior strength,
about one third less of it being required for
an infusion than cf the a tifioial teas, and its
- fragrance aud exquisite flavor is at once apparent-
It will be a revelation to you. In
order that its purity and quality may be guar- '
nteed, it is sold only in pound packages
bearing this trade-mark :
rPureAs!Kjfdhood:
Price 60c per poand. For sate at
Zieslle "Qtitle-r's,
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During the little over
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iuuuucu, aameiy, co assist m developing our
industries, to advertise the resources of the city and
adjacent country and to work for an open river to
the sea. Its re.cord is before the people an-1 the
phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the
expression of their approval. Independent in every
thing, neutfal in nothing, it will live only to fight
for what it "believes to be just and ri2 ht.
Commencing with the first number of the second
vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages
while the price ($1.50 a year) remains the same
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain
more reading matter for less money than any paper
published in the county.
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