THE MYSTEItY SOLVED.
Or. How Ilnrry Hogcr. AVon a AVirc.
"Nonsense! 1 shall not marrv nt
nil." w
"Why you certainly
John Brant?"
"Assuredly I do not.
bio. that's all."
menu to marry
Ho is pussa-
"T&W it Kill be Harry Rogers."
"Sovjb! llarry Rogers is not
i$0amll WfOj bfe taild ftays and
cn-
his
ra&aa asroS6v.''
'9Bla?ilkQ t03llqj, 4jSl& May
SjOTOtflmSfl tam-Wdit till diktjor dJD the
iytfrpowsa to yoo, Cud you
"!)WonDW botBt-mroDoseill andbotti
UOKttTeiustn. wixahx too post swatny-ti
Jura: daaxctw, Tberoww! -waatuo you
mnk ccftfrnt? Haven't I just a iictio
flP olsp'jrit a ad independent?"
MAy Nsanders, you aro a 8il
fljji gfrl o rcfaso oWbcr of thow gcutlo
qncxu You have mado the Irst great
mistako of yonr hfo. Ucconaidcr what
yea hnvo do no, and accept ono or tho
Other of thorn."
"I will do no such thing. Til lico
tand d o an old ma d before I marry
aithcr of tbcni, or any other man, for
tho mutter of that."
"Wo w.ll both livo long enough to
aeo things como out differently."
On, 1 hopo wo will both live to a
r'ipo old acre, hut in tho end you will
find thut 1 bare kept my word."
This bit of u dialoguo took, placo bo-
tweun my int muto inouu, May baun
ders, nnd myself on her twentyfourth
Tirthday, and I had been rallying hor
Lecnuso hIio only had one more niilo-
Ktono to puss until she entered the do
main of old mnidom If allowanco be
loticiu for coiniujr tho word and 1 had
boon advising her to marrv beforo alio
crossed tho borderland.
John Brant was bookkeeper and
Hurry Rogers was cashier in tho bank
of Iveson ds to., anu both wore excel
lent young men. 1 knew that both
wero dovotcd admirers of May, but
was greatly surprised to learn that
both hud proposed, and still nioro dis
mnyed to learn that both had been re
.jeetcd.
"Tell mcMim'," I sa:d, "what oh
lection could you liavo to Ilnrry Roc-
ers? lie is an exceptionally splendid
young man, and no one stands higher
in Iho publ c esteem in tho whole town
of Dayton,'
"1 proHume," alio replied, "that I
dislike him because everybody praises
him, Ho is unselfish, 1 grant it, and
gentle and courteous, and all that, hut
to my mind ho lacks (elf-assertion,
without which no man's manhood is
complete or perfect."
"Well, that charge doos not lie
against .John lirant. lie has self-assertion
ommgh for any ono man a lit
tlu more in fact, than 1 admire, hut
perhnps none too much to suit your
taste and fancy."
"John lirant is well enough so far
an that goes," aiay ro.'o tied, "and I
do not mind telling you that I like him
infinitely better than I do llarry Rog
ers, bul'not well enough to link my
futo with his."
"And why not?"
"I can hardly toll. There is somo
thing about him that I oiuiimt compro
lumd something thut is unfutlioma
hlc, nnd a secret monitor whispers to
lf(fo:npitcntWn ra llyo and. dlo un.
old mi ltd."
dfhtf H0Wi to mnrry him, even if I
ghanldfuU in lovo with him which
$gmHttpt only iibyurdbut irupuSiiMo."
D,vu qaitx) overcome with, tho pc-u-ujlfc
Mitouitian of uflUitv, and yaw tba.it
mwlit a wiwtu of tirao to volunteer
(1HJ1 nov at ud view ox undertake a nlu
SJwjt of tixu iauitty problem, So I con
tfftotod o ItfJivb t&v ttolution to tho deft
5&oJ4hh jaBuas'etitlomoD coatnueA
ftwfQKf tfcwr ayuiil uttoutiont, to 61 ar
tow wapx af thu tTQ were iu IgaoV
lCttjud ccfc ticu thdi bad aliead
1pwifktiiaB &to wbif& would wiab.9
1 wiitxabocsX to qurrowly, eafl
bca timo t kae i aur ouriy eoundcul
lOB' flftiDjtt MGdo:ide ti xx' mmd thaC
i tooJ ? if iMloa ot tfme itQtil
?3&of Stloy &owtofS e aal lto
Jajp 0:oot. JU3f poptiaJuy waJ'eoRt
iotlr vt&jthud to 8 buff to dPit)(tf tii
tub'.
Yittm tfobo Orot I afofflfaSVtokigrn
tlgvt ho Ktoaital B(UefJ Soger as a
Tivajtyu a rival tfhom he laitli f.uvd
ttiul hated, &oSxvitlytuadl8g their close
business relat:ons.
Hut 1 win cut roly unilotodrecovor
thut Hnrry Rogers looked upon Hrant
ss a rival in any sense of tho word.
Un several oceas.ous iio confided in
no far enough to express both his
mnazomont and pain that Mary should
bu persistently reject his love without
givmg him any reasonable explanation.
"remaps sue tmuKs you lacK .sell
if- :
of I
Assertion, 1 said to h m, iu a way
suggestion.
"That is what she told mo herself,
but 1 cannot understand it. I attend
to my business and don't meddle with
other people's. Thoro ha never yot
been an occasion when it was necessary
for mo to vet my opinion in opposition
to my business superiors. I tlo not
know whether I would have tho prop
er amount of bolf-ass Tttou to do to
successfully, but I certainly would
ttand by my convictions of right,"
There was a commotion ono day in
tho banking house of Iveson & Co.
Kl,MI i-jl
When tho doors were closed in tho
afternoon and the cash was balanced
casli or Rogers was found to bo just
?500 short.
hverv transaction of the day was
gone over, the members of the firm
taking a part in tho work, but thoro
was no way of accounting for tho de
ficit. Tho payments made during tho day
were fow in number, and Harry Rogers
was able to remember tho whole list,
and before night lie had called on each
of them, hciging to discover that he had
made an overpayment to the amount
of his deficit in one of them. But ho
had not.
At last it -fs concluded that a thief
ball snatched ft package of hills wKfen
tho cflfchicr tffts not looking.
But Hurry mentally refused to as
sent to ouv such idea, although ho
ceroid gitfO do sort of an explanation
fixe Iho dJsuppcoranoei of tho money.
IIo wrtf'fout oactl to fio tnofo circum
spect io tho nturo, nod all the bank
oroploe8 were enjoined not 'to speatc
ot tho ocmrronce.
Harry Bogcra was aW to dotioiMy
settle ono oiot that tho missing man
ov' cod sis ted of five S10J bills, and tho
ch'cf of pollco was informed of tho
matter and instficto I to keep a uu'ot
lookout, through the dotoctires, fortho
appearance of such largo notes in tho
hand? of suspicious p'rjons.
While Harry Rogers was at homo
that ovouing vainly trying to find sumo
tenable theory shout tho stolen funds,
John Brant was spend og tho timo
with May Saunders and finally told her
of tho mystcriom loss.
"But how did it cscupo getting into
tho evening papers?" inquired May.
"Oh. its a groat secret nnd isn't to
bo spoken of outsido of tho bank," was
Brant's roply.
Well, then you aro an cxcellont
hand to keep a secret, Mr. Brant,
must say."
John Brant winced under this ro
tort.
"How do vou account for tho loss of
tho money, Mr. Brant.
"I don't account for it. Thoro is only
one man who can.'
"Who is that?"
"Harry Rogers, tho cashier. Tho
monoy was in his custody, and ho
ought to know what hocame of it."
"John Brant, what do vou mean?'
"Well, notli ng; only that Harry
Rojrers ousrht to know what bocame of
tho money in his charge.
"1 think I can fathom your moaning,
air. Brant, and it is ungenerous, if not
uinust, anu without good grounds.
Thoro was s-ometlrng in May's vo'.co
which su"irestcd to Brant that it was
the part of discretion to drop the sub
ject, and ho quickly invented an excuso
lor saving "rood ovenmg.
After lie had gono jlay noticed that
a letter had dropped fiom his overcoat
pocket in the hall. I he business en
velopo was addressed to "John Brant,
care of Iveson it Co.," and its contents
evidently related to husncss all airs.
It May had any curiosity, slio was
too well bred to examine tho letter, and
threw it into hor workbakot and cov
ered it from sli;lit. until its rightful
owner should call again.
"I bcliovo lie is ungenerous onough
to charge tho theft to llarry Roger.-."
A' ay said to herself half aloud, aftor
she had placed tho loiter out of sight.
"But 1 am sure llarry Rogers is above
any such baso Mispio'on.
mis was tu s first timo she had ovor
hoard a rollcetum cast upon Harry
Rogers, ami instinctively she boo nine
Itis advooato and defender.
Two weeks parsed and thoio was no
clue to the theft, hut ono day another
similar amount was missing from tho
cashier's funds.
Again thoro was an anxious investi
gation with oo rt'sult. At its couclu-
sion Mr. Iveson said:
This is inotnlicablo. air. Roirors.
You aro responsible for tho funds
plaeod in your hands, nnd wo all ov-
poct you to mako tho bunk wholo for
tho losses already sustained. When
tho bank opens Iimuoitovv you will bo
expected to mako good tho los-os, and
tliou it will ho doomed whether vou
wdl longer coat ano as cashier."
And if I fail to mako rood tho
loss?" asked Mr. Rojrers.
"Publicity will bo fflvcn to tho affair
tind tho law will tako its oourso. But
until to-morrow out a word is to bo
sooko a of tbits matter outsido thu
bank."
Harry Ttngora -went homo ogitated
and mystified. Ho know ho was inno
cent of wrong dolog, but had to con-
fo. that all tho cvrcumstancos wcro
against b m.
Ho was barclv aldo to make eoml
tho thousand dollars' loss, &n) to &o
so would bo almoit a c-onfeaaiou that
ho had stolen Iho moncv.
John -Uroot found it convoaleot to
ooil on May Saunders, and it was oat
looguotJ ha bad t old her uf the tacood)
lo4, txat, 8. ivesoa's msnieious. anOC
k Jcl!( ioltloo In which Harrv
tvmxioi9& fiair indtgoat oo, and
ilt!Mi9it4- ltii on the plea ntnndftpo
8t;k. Ii6til? diopatcbed) a nolo to
Sibois 1J a ervaot, iOiU(ifitnig
linn to cflll us bop Ofii ooco ftiid Vf itl'out
ioiluro. a
Uo o'hm, but the unexpecl aiin
motis did not 'Soothe orll4' his agittft
tion. Aln d spensed jf)th all prelim
inaries uk1 begun;
"On to dillcrent oco3n oti(Bj teithln
two weeks you liavo lost 5'.r0i) trom tlio
funds iu your charge in tho bank."
That Is true; but how como you to
know it? It was a bank soeret"
"It itoes not matter how 1 found it
out. And you aro suspected of taking
tho mot oy yourself."
"Hardly fo bad as that."
"It tnav not bo put in just mv words
but that Is (lie moaning of it. Vou aru
required to mako good the loss to-morrow
morning. What answer aio jou
going to madu to that uomauil ot tuo
bank?"
Harry lingoes d;dn't know how ho
would auswerthat demand until ho
looked into tho depths of May's earuost
blue oyus, nnd thou ho said with a firm
ami earnest voice:
"1 shall tell them that 1 did &t tako
tho money, and, therefore, will not re
place it,"
"And thonP" queried May with an
eager vo co.
"Then 1 will bo arres'ed for theft
aud ombo.zloment."
i "But you will not boeouvloted. You
uro innocent 1 kuow that and ycur
innocence will bo made to appoar
how, is hard to tell, but I am confident
as to the result. I repect you because
you ass mo the risk to vind cate your
good nanio. I am interested in this
matter. You are not aware of it. but
ono half the Iveson interest in the hank
belongs to me, and it is Id in tho
name of Ivoon inaccjr.iance with my
father's will until a certa'n event oc
curs which possibly never may occur."
llarry Rogers went homo bewil
dered. Ho had for years been ono of
May's employes without knowing it,
and now ho found in hor a champion
and a linn believer in hi?, innocence.
WltJn ho visited tho hank tho noxt
morning and, declaring his innocence
of tho susp.cions against him, declined
to make good tho deficit, except on tho
judgment of tho court and to prevent his
bondsmen from paying it. Mr. Iveson
was shocked and angry, and finally told
"Then I am rendy to be taken In custody,''
w as Harry's reply.
Rogers that ho would liavo to institute
trim nai proceedings against linn un
less tho loss was made good.
"I hen 1 am ready to be taken into
custody, was n s reply. "JUio soon
er we begin to sift this mystery, the
sooner wo will get to the bottom of
it."
It was ono of the greatest of Dayton
sensations when tho arr.-st of Harry
Rogers was made public and the story
told in the papers with hail a dozen
different vers on.
Tho Lank emplovo 1 a detectivo to so
euro corroborative evidence of tho
ouiig cashier's intilt, and although
but little could be found, his prospects
were dark indcod, for ho found it im
possible to throw any reasonable light
on the nnslorious disappearance of
the two missing packages of money.
May concluded to employ a dotoc
tivealso, without letting anyone know
what she was doing. An officer was
summoned from a no'gltboring city,
and called at aiiss Saunders' resideuco
to get h's instructions.
In the course of an hour's conversa
tion May gave h'm a history of tho af
fair, and how she camo to learn of tho
loss of the money aud the suspicions
entertained arain.st the cashier.
The detective, of course, soon dis
covered that both tho bookkeeper and
tho cashier wcro in lovo with tho
young lady who had called his services
lino rcqiiiKiuon.
"So it was tho bookkeeper that told
you the sccrot in tho first placo?" iu
quirod tho detectivo.
Yes."
"And what was tho motivoP"
"I haven't tho remotest idea."
Tho detective aco dentally struck his
foot against the work basket and ov
erturned it. With an apology for his
awkwardness ho began to replaco tho
contents.
Oh, vos, Mr. Ofiloor," explained
aiay, "thoro is a letter that air. Urant
dropped on tho night ho told me of
tho first robbery, and I had forgotten
to return it to him."
"Let mo see it," said the detectivo.
IIo opened tho letter and exclaimed:
"What's this? Why, hero are tho
identical tivo ono hundred dollar bills
stolen on tho first occasion! And air.
Bookkcopor dropped llicm. Ho want-'
oil to dr.vo bis rival, the cashier, out
of tho field and thon marry ai.ss aiay
Saunders. Yon needn't bluh nor you
nwdn'tdooy it Say notuiog for tho
presont.
l.ho unknown uotoctivo called at tho
bank the nest day and had a conver
sation with air. Ivoon, and Bookkeep
er or ant was coiled into tao confer
ence Why rt d you aepor mako iDuuiry
for tunSotx) you dropped ot the resi-dtne-o
of Miss SaunAer the ovon og af
ter tne sum ruvsttx oust? disappeared.
trom t'ashif Roifera' drawoc?" in-
ijuircti the detootio.
Brant wa9 totindurstrueR.
"Toll its about it," deoaaadeil M.
I e i era o
BtRot oirtcTs 0. full confession, tho
0til8tuuc4 or which ra that ho ab
stracted tao mono while Hogors' at
tention tso districted, anft did it for
tho Polo ounoa oirttinini: tho oni-bioc
and innin& IWvgg Saunders. Ho bad
mtondftd to rotilaco tha money, aim
ould do so noiwif iiormittcjto leave
Davtonigiul never return.
To this Mr, Iveson and tho other
ftomborOof tlio linn ionon tod, and
that nijiht John Bnwt disappeared,
(gnd has never been heard of in Davton
since. U
Simultaneous with tho detective's
revclat'on and Brant's confession, tho
iroccedings against llarry Rogers were
I : ....... i ..... 1 i l , . . 1 . .
ijimuoiiiHiui-ii nun iiu ii3 uui only re
Htoreil to hisQ)laco in tho bank, but
promised a partnership interest.
ilny swumier. ttittt used to tie. is
airs. Harry Rogers now, and tho bank
ing house Is Iveson and RogorW. aiav
insists that I am mistaken when I tell
her that she oncu said she would live
and die an old ina'il before sho would
marrv Ilarrv Roirors. Wo will not ar-
guo tho po nt With her.
Tlio juice of tho Bartlott pear, in
501110 modical oases, is used iu Califor
nia, both as food and drink. At first
tho inval d grows thin upon tho diot,
but In a fow weeks gains strength.
A prominont New England farmor
predicts that Massachusetts farms,
which wcro tilled with success by tlio
Pilgrims nnd their immediate progeny,
are icndinc: toward wiidr.os, ami may
some day form a proper field for the
now settlor.
A RACE WITH FIRE.
The Story or a Railroad Bide Belated by a
Vying Engineer Eighty Miles an Hoar
Over a Crooked Track, Pursued by
Flames.
"I don't expect to live much longer,
and after I am dead I want you to put
in tho papers the story of that rido I
had from Prospect to Brocton in 18G9."
Tho speaker was Dufl Brown, un old
locomotivo engineer, who was lying at
his homo in Portland, N. Y., dying
with consumption. This wna sovepnl
montlis ago. On the 7th inst. ho diodj
He ttftfl nanny sixty years old, ana one
of thd oldest onainQore in 'tlio TJnited
Stflts. (His etory of tho awful tide ifl
thus:
"In 18uO I -was running: a train
on tho Buffalo, Corry and Erio
Railroad. Tho track from Pros
pect, or MayviUo Summit, to Brocton
Junction, is eo crooked, that while tho
distanco is actually only ten miles, tho
curves make it by rail fourteen. Tlio
grade for tbo wholo distaoco is ovor
seventy feet to tho milo. About V
o'clock on the night of Anguot 17, 1809,
wo reached tho Summit with a train of
two passonccr-cars, six oil-cars, and a
box car. Tho latter contained two vul
uablo trotting-horses and their keepers
with thorn, on thoir way, I bcliovo to
Chicago. Thoro wcro fifty or sixty
passonprcrs in tho two cars. I got tho
sicrnal from tho conductor to start and
pulled out. Wo had got under consid
erable headway, whon lookinpr back, I
saw an oil car in the middlo of the
train was on fire. I reversed the cngino
and whistled for brakos. The conduc
tor and brakemen jumped off. Thoy
uncoupled tho passenger cars and set
the brakes upon them and bronght them
to a stop. Supposing that tlio brakes
on tho burning oil cars would also bo
put on, I called to a brakoman on tho
box car to draw tho coupling-pin bo-
tweon thai car aud the head oil tank,
backing so that he could do tt, intend
ing to run far enough to savo the box
car nnd tho locomotive As 1 ran clown
the hill aftor the pin had been drawn,
what was my horror to soo that the
Durning cars wero lonowing mo at a
spoed that was rapidly increasing. The
men had not succeeded in putting on
the brakes. 1 saw that tho only thing
that could bo dono was to run for it to
Brocton, and tlio cliancos wero tlint wo
would never reach thoro at the spood
which wo would bo obliged to mako
around thoso sharp rovorso curves
where wo had never run over twenty
miles an hour. When 1 saw tho nam
ing cars for tlio wholo six were on firo
bv this timo plunging after me, and
only a fow foet away,I pulled tho tlirot
tic open. Tho oil cars caught me,
though, ueforo l got awuy. .Ihey camo
with full forco against tho rear of tho
box-car, smashing in one end and knock
ing tlio horses and their keepers fiat on
tho lloor. The heat was almost unen
durable, and do my best I couldn't put
more than thirty foot between the pur
suing firo and ourselves. By tho light
from tho furnace, as tho fireman opened
tho door to pilo in tho coal, I caught
sight of tho face of ono of tho horsemen,
ho having crawled up to tho grated
opening in tho end. It was pale as death
and he begged mo for Gods sako to
givo her more steam. I was giving hor
then all the steam she could carry, nnd
tho grado itsolf was sufiieient to carry
us down at tho rato of fifty miles an
hour. Wo went so fast that tlio cn
gino refused to pump. Every timo wo
struck ono of thoso curves tho old
pirl would run on almost ono sot of
wheels, and whj in tlio world sho did not
topplo ovor is somothing I uover could
understand. She seemed to know that
it was a raco of lifo or death, and work
ed as if she wore nlivo. Tho night was
dark, and tho road ran through deep
woods, deep rock cuts, and along high
embankments. Wo wcro thunderin
along at lightning speed, and only a
few paces behind us that licrv demon in
full pursuit. Tlicro wero fifty thou
sand gall jns of oil in thoso tanks at
loast, and it was all in flames, making a
hying avalancho of flvo hundred feet
long. Tlio flames leaped into tho air
noarly ouo hundred feet. Tho roar was
like that of somo great cataract. Now
and then a tauk would explode with a
noiso li uo a cannon, whon a yotunio of
flamo and pitchy smoko would riso high
aliove tho body of ilamo aud showers of
Irarning oil would bo scattered about in
tho woods. Tho whole country was
lighted up for miles aronud. Well, it
wasn't long going at tho rote wo made,
Veforo the Hants of Brocton came in
eight dowu the volley. The roh'e I
felc whoa those como m view was short
lived, for I ramezuliered thut train 8 on
fixe Ijoko Show would. lie at tho june
tion about tho time we would reach it.
uEigttfc ya3 wia Cincinnati express. Out-
only hopo on along the rocs bad llfeeu
that; tbo switchman ofr tho junction
woiilfl thinfo f!ic ononch to open tliu
aftituh Shccu connecting feJio crosa-cut
BUCK wiui tho -LinAo Shoro tiacfr, Mid
lot us run in on tho latter, wluirji tho
Kifido would bo neainst us. if mivthiutr.
ftnd jyhoro wo would soon got out tho
ttay of tho oil cars. Tho hSitoh would
bo closed now for tho oxprei, nnd our
lngt hopo was gono unless tho oxprcss
waQlalo or somo ono had sonso onough
to nag ino oxprcss. Whijw wo wero
thinkiug of this wo saw tho train tear
ing along toward tho junction. Could
wo reaoh tho junction, get tho switch,
and tho switch bo so'Pbaek for tho ex
press boforo tho latter got thoro? If
not, thoro would bo aninovitablo crash,
in wlnclt not only wo, but scores of
othors would bo crushed to death. All
this conjecturing did not occupv two
soconds, but in thoso two seconda I
lived years. "Good Oodl" I said to
my fireman, 'what aro wo to wo?' Tho
fireman promptly replied nnd
ho was a bravo littlo follow
that. I should whistlo for
tho switch and tako the chances. I
did so. That whistlo was ono pro
longed yoll of agony. It was a shriek
that seemed to toll us that our bravo
old cngino kuew our danger and had its
fear. Neither tho fireman nor mvsolf
spoko another word. Thanks bo to
Uod, tho engiuecr on the express train.
seeing us tearing down that mountain
with an eighth of a milo of firo iu close
pursuit of us, knew in a moment tha
only ono thing could savo us. He
whistled for brakos, and cot his train
on a standstill not ten feet from tha
switch. Tho switchman now answered
our sienal, and wo shot on tho Shore
track and whizzod on by the depot and
through the place liko a rocket The
burning cars followed us, of course
but their race was run. Thoy had no
propelling power now, and in threo
hours there was nothinK left of them
but smokintr ruins.
"My HroniSn and I o Wjnff
whon we brouchfc oulftoaiottvo &
stop tbatsigo could nofgt ontr of our
cao. Tho two nonunion wavo uacon
Sciortsna fcbo lmx-Arr. Sfte Bdtscs Sore
riunetl, And. bow, Iomr do vera think
We were xuakintf that sixteen miles?
"We ran two niilea an too Lake Share
tranR. rfast twelve minutes from, tae
minimi to tho spot where wo stopped.
A plumb eighty mues an hour, not
counting tho time lost Eothnn un3er
headway and stopping beyond Broa
tou."
Peter Stuyyeoant and Pocahontas.
Now Xork jUttor to Commercial Gazetto.
Dr. Edward Efte-lcston, who wrote
"Uoosicr Schoolmaster" and tho "Cir
cuil rider," and a number of interesting
stories based on tho early lifo of an
itinerant Indiana preacher, has given
up fiction of lato, and is devoting him
self to tho moro substantial work
of tho "American colonics." no has
pretty well exhausted tho field
hero, however, and will go in May to
London to obtain tho benefit of tho
British museum, whero tho most ex
tcnsivo collection of American archives
is to bo found in tho world. I should
not wonder, howovor, if this delving in
to colonial history would brine forth
from Dr. Egglcston's pen a now series
of American novels based on tho scenes
of tho day. Walkino through the beau
tiful littlo patch of croon in tho east sido
of tho city know as Stuyvesant Squaro,
a fow days no, it occurred to mo to ask
Dr. EffRleston what ho thought of tho
tradition that old Pctor Htuyvosant,
whose statue is in a nictie in ono of tho
down-town buildings, had given that
park to tho city, that being tho reason
assigned for the absurd custom ol lock
ing tho park gates at sunset each oven
mg.
'There is nothing further from tho
truth," Dr. Eggleston remarked, "than
most of tho things set down as traditions,
Now I do not suppose that Peter Stuy
vesant or silver-legged Peter, as tho
Indians called him, probably from tho
fact that around tho wooden peg which
sorved him for a leg he wore a silver
of somo kind had anything to do with
the bequeathing of this park, in tho first
placo, whon Peter Stuy vesant hyed horo
thsro was no moro uso for a 1'ark in
this locality than Micro would bo for ono
m tho midst of the Gatskill Mountains.
This was all wild land then, and tho
city lay miles below. Somo later mem
ber of the family probably made tlio do
nation, nnd as Peter was tho most fa
mous mombor of tho family later gen
erations gavo him tlio credit for it."
"It is a good doal liko tho tradition of
Pocahontas and John Smith, I sup
poso?" "Jo. Thoro is a good deal of foun
dation for tlio story of Pocahontas.
When in Richmond nnd James
town, whero my parents camo from,
and whero I hnvo recently mndo some
rosearch in connection with other mat
ters concerning tho Virginia colonies,
I found what I think is tlio truo story
of tho friendship between thoso two
people I doubt if it has ever been
truly stated. When John Smith sailed
up tho James river, Powhattan was tlio
ohioftain of a very largo band of Indians,
who wero at first inclined to bo friendly
with the whites, but wcro afterward ill
treated perhaps, and becamo hostile.
Thero seems to be good authority for
tho statoment that by somo means
or other, suiitn toil into tncir
hands. I do not bcliovo that ho
was ever sentenced to death or rescued,
ns tho story goes, but Pocahontas
whoso namo in tho Indian languago
stands for "littlo Wanton," or ns wo
would say, a "Littlo Minx" probably
claimed Smith as her slave. From that
there is but littlo doubt that a very
strong attachment sprang up between
them. Smith wont back to Englaud,
howovor, and when Rolffcamo over he
had doubtless heard of Pocahontas, and
also got to kuow her. do wanted to
marry her, but Pocohoutaa still remem
bered John Smith, and thero is author
ity for the statemeut that it wss only
after they bad made her believe that
Smith was daad that aha consented to
marry. She waa taaen to London an
there she learned thai they had decoivbd
her and she waa broken dowa by 'die
ounouueomeut."
Ono of Fhilodolphia'8 leading pliy-
8icisn& u flpUPielist m diso&soq of tho
lungw, ssyfl thQt imv&xfect respiration is
at tlio bottom of much trouble. In such
a cosb ho shows tho pationt how to
swell out tho wholo chest full and rouud
by a deep inspiration, elevating nnd
throwing back tho shoulders; and thon,
whon he has gotten into his lungs the
last atom of air possiblo, to hold it in
tightly for a littlo timo, aud then lot itul
oil BlowljQ) blowing out every atom of
it if ho possibly can by foreiblo oxpira
Hon, drawing tho shoulders forward and
pressing in the chest to tho smallest pos
siblo compass, thus throwing out al
most all of tho residual air, and all this
through tho noso, with mouth tightly
closed. "Let him tako a half dozon or
moro such forced respirations a dozon
times a day," says tho doctor, "and ho
will soon double his vital capacity and
roliovo himself of most of his supposed
chest trouble Such forced respiratiou
will compol every air coll possiblo to
froely admit wholosomo air into tho
littlo spaces and to expel it also, and
somo nir colls that do not often perform
their functions healthy will bo compelled
to do so."
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Tho conviction and imprisonment of
prominent mormon for polygamy, is
having a good offect already in making
polygamy as dangerous as it is odious.
"
THE MAGIC ART.
Bemarkablo Stories of Zllnslons and Soma
Unexplained Professional Tricks.
"It's
ratuer
curious fact," said a
gentleman
and unprofessional presti
digitator to a Philadelphia Times re
porter, "that nono of tho shows ancir
cusses that uso so many adjective? irg
describing what thoy havo got do n$;)
bring to this country a r&Jiy tetiugO
of magicians.
"Tha- tfnffctf exhibfifcBi Ifiovcfts Tgfo
unSMil,0 l-QQuriied tha siiaake&i "w(Wnf
India. J traveling through tho,
cotttsy with aort? ofiGemiua catbdalsi
vyhon wo stipped one night at mi innj
whora i elut&csnX iliafc ' nnruocE ot,
xaagwaons -were testing. There wero
eix of them, foojf ten and two women,
all very email, esoept ono who "was a
fleshy giant, TesoruMing- tho typical
wrestlers. I soon made their acquaint
once, as I was then gTeatly interested
iu legerdemain, aud soon won their good
Will.
The audienco sat on tho floor about
tho fakirs, so that they had no way of
concealing themselves or hide any thing.
At their rortnest I examined them and
satisfied myself that thoy had nothing
about them. Then ono of tho women
stepped into tho inclosuro, tho rest re
maining behind tho spectators, who
formed a closo ring about them. Tho
light was now turned down a little, and
in a moment tho woman's face began to
bo illnmincd by a ghostly light that ex
tended quickly over hor outiro body.
Sho thon began to movo round and
round, uttering a low, murmuring sound
tho while, gradually quickening
tho paco until sho was whirling
about liko a top. A moment of this
and tho light that had clnng
about hor socmed to bo whirled off by
centrifugal forco and assumed a pillar
liko form before her, As soon as this
was accomplished sho stopped, turned,
and began to mold the light with her
hand, and though I could distinctly seo
her hands movo through tho light as if
wcro a cloud, it began to assumo human
form. Wo saw tho arms, hands, and
legs all molded, and finally n faco and
head gear. Sho next called for a light,
nnd, the candles boing relighted, thero
stood an utter strunger, a native seem
ingly evolved out of cloudland. Ho
stepped forward and grasped me by tho
hand; his liands were moist, as if with
prespiration, nnd ho was a very healthy
spirit. After he had talked and drank
n glass of rack ho took his placo besido
tho woman again nnd began to whirl
about.
'Tho lights wcro dimmed, but not so
that wo could not see, aud in a few mo
ments tho figuro began to fade, soou
assuming tho appearanco of a pillar or
lorm of light and then attaching itself
to tho woman and seemingly boing ab
sorbed by her. All this was dono in a
vory 3hort spaco of timo, beforo tho
eyes of at least fifty people, and not ten
foot from myself. The girl appeared
greatly exhausted afterward. Now,1
this would bo explained by the spirit
ualist ns a materialization and by tho
psychological society as somo now sense
or power, etc., but, between you and I,'
who know that all things can bo ex
plained by cold facts, it was merely
a clever trick, so skillfully dono that I
did not discover it in any way or shape.
Tho man next took his placo in the
ring, and handing mo a largo, highly
ornamented saber, ho said: 'In fivo
minutes by tho clock I wish yon to bo-
head mo.' I objected, of course, but
ho insisted, and said it had been done a
dozon times, so I finally agreed. Ho
was searched, and in the dim light bo
gan to contort himself, in strange posi
tions until ho seemed to grow percepti
bly smaller, and finally stood boforo us
so gauzy that I thought I could seo
right through him. It was now fivo
minutes, so I took the sabor and struck
a light blow, ouly snfllciont to knock a
man ovor, when to my horror tho blood
spurtodiuto my faco nnd tho head
dropped with a thud upon tho lloor.
As soon as it fell tho body stopped and
picked it up, held it in tho air, then
placed it upon tho shoulders. The full
ight boing turned on, there stood tho
giant, grinning aud warm.
"Tho following day another perform
ance was given at miaday that was
even moro wonderful. The giant, as I
called him, caused tho audienco to sit
on a grass plat, leaving a circle of about
twenty-five feot across, and in this tho
jugglers took their pluces, tho giant
opening tho entertainment by taking a
roll of ribbon onrt bv a dextrous toss
sending it' up fifty foot or eo, whero
we distmc.lv saw a small hawk dart at
t and carry it up higher until we near
ly lost eight' of it. It thon eecmod to
Diicot o.' cloud tliativ I assumed, was
couPod by something burning on tho
ribbon, but from tlio clou I como
dialing docvn, first, & dog, then
snake tf, E81, bi ono too
thatP wrigglefi oSP tho moment in
touched io ground, aud hna captured
ouo of tho men. Then a larger ob
ject was soon gliding along, nnd ono
of tho women leaping forward received
and hold it out toho crowd, a laughing
nativo baby. Tho giant had all this
timo heldCJho end of tho ribbon, and
releasing it it seemed to disappear in
tho air, at any rat wo saw it no moro.
A fow moments latter thoy all joinea
hands nnd began to move ubout raxnlily.
When thoy moved to tho right 1 dis
tinctly counted twclvo persons in the
irelo, whon they changeU tno mow
mont we saw ouly eight and 6omo ap
peared to bo standing in tho center.
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Tho now capitol of tho Stato of New; ;
I'ork will bo, whon completed, iho cost-
icst edifico in tho United States. But
it is not yet completed, anu wiuujju
ipokcn of as tho now capitol, it is not
fairly entitled to tho namo, sinco it la
ilready over twenty years old. The
presont legislature has just voted $1,
250,000 for tho prosecution of tho work
an it. When first begnn it was esti
aiated that tho completed building
would cost $5,000,000, but it has cost
aoarly a million a year, and no ono now
istiraatos its wholo cost when completed
it less than $20,000,000.
The Dnbuqne census Is completed and shows
t population of 2C.S30, an increase of four thous
and since the enumeration of 1650.
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