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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
A Doctor's Mission "Olknuov," CIlAI'TEIl XlV.-ffWIniieiU No sleep vlslli-d her weary c)ee until Mm after midnight, ahe wi -i uiilini ty llllil so llllllTT-l by all Hie uvellta l Ihv lu at tw vli t y -f on r liinire, nml uifnlll nml ' Stfalli iihe prn)ed that nil mljilit Ku well, nlnl iiotMiiK terrible result from tli loaa Of thill dreadful kiilff. IIMlltf with the nlnrnl of the natial lu'll Hint mux to awaken tin- household, tli( poor K'rl again eouiinenred tn ruvlvvt tin- iruliliiii tlmt hml ireeiitrd Itself In I hi MurktM mil tln nlKht l'fore. Once ahi' naked thu question: Hlimilil aim worry Hlr llcitlualil by (ell III Mill thu niThli'iit Hint lnul befiillcn lirr, ur aliiiuM ahe not? Ilcfore ili'rlilliiii lxialilti'ly. she riaolv- rl tu pay II111 corridor n niorutiiK visit mill by llateuliiK, nml)' mil, If nil wn ruing 1111 11 11 11 1 I. 'llile Irani re aha Instantly rurrliil Into effect. Turning oiicw niorv fruui hi' room, don II thv corridor, eh placed he car rloae to tin- panel, nml llalelied In telttly to hrur If nlljr movement rotlld be illeovrrtil ulthln the cultivated riHiiu. All una atlll! Nut the falllleat lllo Hull Kin perceptible; therefore, fi'rllun greatly rcllctcd, aim returned, iiilui euro tlmt nil iniiat Imi m il. nml llrmly remlvcd to any liolhtiiK of lint hml happened iiliil whllu Reaping illrnt endeavor tu drive tin' iiitlro t'lrciiiuai niii'a f riui hir own 111I111I, mill no li nt i.fniv. 'Hie ilny paaaed on aa uaiial, nml when Iilht broiia-lit her to the ahclvra, ahe one more found o her antlafnttloii ellene rslKiiluir, ninl fait that now, linhvd, nil waa rlitlit. 1'iHir Ethel! Hhe llltla knnw th fl'iirflll coliaeiUrlirre yet to elieu from her lint blunder. 'I'll tlilnl nf lirinHHi hml arrived, nml nollilng hml Irauaulivd to lend hir to apprehend thu leaat trouhlii fnnu Hint 1111 fortunate urvurrvtie. Hh hail, therefore, retrained thr i-onrnvT ahe hail lut, ami una faat ilrlvlnrf ihr entire circumstance) from ln-r mlml. Thla afternoon Hlr Itciilnald lin.l ex preaaed n wish for uttialc, thrrrfore alii hail hrouulit her miliar to lita heilaldr. nihl Ji ml aung nrrl hnllnila for hla lllllaa-lllvtlt. "1 think," at length he nll, Interrupt lug lur. "tlmt It iirowa cloudy. Ph-aae ' look out nml tell iimi If a ahuwer la ap lirunchliiK. ' Elbel aroa nt hla bidding, mul after examining the sky ri'luriuil, sn;lui(, ahe rcauincd lur seal: "There U, Indeed. A very blnck cloud la IjIiik In Hi.' weat, which foretell Imnl aliowcr." "Then put aalilc your luruinriit and ilrnw rloao tu iiip. aa I hnrv Mini' (iri vnte Inalriirtlona to ulna jou In ri'Knnl to a iii'iv nork to b iluua lnhla'lit. Arv u rntlri'ly aluh.-V" "V arc. Sim. I'nili'ii lift tin- nnn to (irttri you aomo iMiurlahini'iit, ami lour lf anil hlo'i an In thv uruumla, frplliil Kllirt, tniiibllnn, aim kllriv Hut why. "Ilifii llatt'ii lutriitlr to my Inatruo- Holla, If Hint atunn raxra nlmill half' pnat 11I110 ur ti'ii oVIoik to nlttht, you tiiuat visit thv Uaiiuti'il Toir 11 ml put In motion mnin maohliM'ry I haw rrvi'tril thprr." "(). Mir lt.'ilnnl.l." imirtiiiiriil Uiu ihrlnkliiK llatrnrr, "plcnai- Jo not aak that cf 1110. "You Juat attend to my onli'M, ami 1I0 nhnt I tell you to ilo. .Niier ilurv IU until my will." Tht bnruiirt tlx-n procri'ili'il to kIk niluiiti illm'Hotia for thr r.iclitlni; of rni'h llk'ht, ami nlao for tli morvnirnta of tli frUhtful am) hlili'uiia linnnit thrro rolicunli'U, At Ita conrlualon h rvinark td: I)o you think you unuVmtam! i-vrry pnrtlculnr of thv nork 1 nutv rvijulrv to 1 ilonvJ "1 Uo," rrpllnl I.tlil; "tint, air, my mil rvvolla from tliv hIioId thlinf. I iiMiildiT It a ulrkiil ilivrptlon, ami I In' it you to vxcuaa ma from mulvrtnkliii; It. "Who i-nrva what you think uliout III No one aaki'il your opinion. lu It ynu hall, kj ilo not diiro to utter nmitliiT Kurd nKnluat It." "Hlr lUiilnal.l, I hnrc fnlthfully r foniinl your nana In ri'ifird to fviilliiK thu nulinnl, uhoao llfu you rnluo ao tilxli ly, klioulne Hint to iirmon'o thv llfv of i-vvn thv liMiat of (JiHl'a (Tvnturva la n lilt), hut I can are no poaalhl tiiTtRalty for ftrlvlnu to luipna Umn thr rnilullty of thu liihabltauta of thla iiilit pliiii-." "Tlmt, I toll you, la my liualih'aa ami not your," wna Ihr nnnry rrply. "You arv lu'rv almply to alti-nd to my work, mul I linro wvll pnld you for ilolnx ao." "1 know that; but auri'ly I mn nt lib iTty tn point out mi rrror In your wlalu-a and Judgment. Hlr Iti'idnnld, thla tlilnic that you nak ma to ilo In wruiiK, nml I rutroat you to enrry It 110 furthrr. You any you linrii ilono thla yourarlf for twru ty-flvc i'un; aurvly Hint enn anaui'r nny puriHiar you inny linvn to rffrct by It. l'lrnio, thru, b aatlatlnl, anil lot thla tliliiK ri-at!" "1 tell you I will not," rrpllnl thr linronrt, fairly purplo from rnKi'i "ilo you not bmi tlmt your olwllnni'y la throw ing uiu Into a tirrllilu nml InjurioiiH i'i clti'tiii'iit? I tiuumnml you to obry my wlabi-n. If you ilnru n-fiiao, you ahnll Ivnvv my houao thla iilulit. wen thouiili I know you linvv not whom to lay your bruit. Io you hrnrV" "1 ilo," murmunl the illatrrnaol girl. "Will 0U obryV" No nntwrr cnnir, thr only reply 'i (Wild mnkr U'lnjf it burnt of trnra. Mud ilencd hy her allvnm nml aolm, Uiti baro net atnrteil up until, lentilui; uuui hla vl bow, a H1I111; bo had boon expnualy for liiilileu to ilo, na It would Jar hit hip. ho ahook hla flat violently In her face, whllu he demanded la fury: "Will you obey?" "I wllll" h nt lat gnaped, between her aoba, I'oor fc-lrll leelnn hla violent rxt'itemcnt, mid remrmlierlng her nuut'a Inat cliiirKei M dared not rufuae. "Tlien eo Hint you do It," he return ed, mom cnlmly, na ho tank back with a gmnn upon hla pillow. Thcro wna no wcaps from the dl grneeful duty that awnltrd her, ao nt her uaunl tlmo ahe look the lighted can ilU In her hutid and itnrtod with tearful yea to attend to the tak before her. OIIAITKIt XV. After Dr. Ulfeuateln had naked rer nibulon of Hlr lUglnnld aiendeiinlng to onrch the Haunted Tower he felt ex ceedingly puiiled over hie future courae. lli-mlviil na he wae to penutrntu the my tery of that place, be could not under ntand how the thing wh to be accom Illlehed. In all hla Ylalte to Sir Iteglnald, al though reaorved In manner, hli every nerve had been on the alert. lie bad Leon told that the room occupied by the preacut baronet w the one where Blr SECT BY tMILY THORNTON Author of "Hov Kusski.l's Hulk," "Tim Kasiiionaul Mofli," KlC. Vrthur hod met hla and fat. Knowtn tlil. lie fairly tii.lli-.l that room. in iHiini ta width, height nm! Iirrinlth: tha hrlirht of lha two window from lha Moor, thv alia nf llnxn win dona, and parlleularly be linled lh ouv irom wnieii thr roi hml dangled thai ii "veil uaed to lower Hie body to th groiillil. Ilu had aereral tlmra wnlknl tn tha window, aa If mrdltnllng over hla pa Unit a pniai, and looked out, aurvrylng the ground uelow, and Hm dlatnncn from II to Hi" bike, which waa vlalblv Uirough Ihr Irera. rriim thr houan, whleh he vlaltnl dally In hla pmfivalonal enlllng, hn oftru drove nroiimi, einmlii ng tli.i ata 1 ra and out hulMlnga. nod MHiu-tlnira alowlr wrnt uhiilii.l tiiv towrr to view the ruined part, nml to are If by any iiicaua lie could ever ifreet 1111 rulrnnce. Una day, It waa the one on which l.tliel Kartell for thr rvrntful walk, h III aiii-h a drive noticed a mall, well trodden pnthwny Ivnillug up to a cliim or liualira. Itiatniitly the thought atrue Mill that behind tlmee bll'hee. ronrra 11I from vlvw, inbdrt In. an opm pnaange 10 me pincr, although he frit certain Ihrni waa 110 doorway. The mora h thouglit of thla the mora be waa turn It mint be th. caar. Why that wrll uaed path through the grnai ir not for aoiue atich purpoan? lea nine human frot wrrv lu thr habit of eu trrlng there, and he reeolvrd to return to the plaiv, under "over of darkneea, nml Inveatlgnte thoav buahre. hull of thla dlaeovrry. and full of hotn Hint lio might jet prartrnte to the lure trrloua t.nier, he touch ml hla horae with the whip and drove haatlly away. Hut Jiut aa yr eiuvrgr.) again Into the ramble, he anw Mba ll.-lle (lleiidruulng Kniing at him from an miiwr window nml frit iniinll-. that ahr ahouhl have notli-irl hla rlda around thr tirvmlaea i-oiixlriu-e w hlnix-ri-d It inuat api-ak to nrr 01 a prying nature. Keeling, however, that It waa don. and could not now lw rrcallrd, hr paaard on, and proi-erded to vlalt the home of aevrral akk peraona who nerik-tl hla ad vice ami naalatanre. On hla return It wae that hv auddenlv hennl a wild ahrlek of terror, ami looking annum, nmj aeen Ktn in that dangeivua allualloti, while the nearlna- train I..I.I of the death that nwnlted her. Hprlnglng 10 uie grounu, lie tinil ruahed to her aa latnucu, am had wrvuebed luiarl tli.i.. tiff faaUiiliiga and drawn her from her l rii. After he had left her nt the Hall it hartl tn recnll hla tmairt IliuuKhta to their proper aptierr, l.ut wlUi aet teeth and a (inn rmolve, he plunged Into atudy, and nctlve work, lu order to be at 'pence with hluiaelf. Thv great Buffering of a new natlrnt rien dWnltwd him by hla aide until, nftrr midnight thv m-coud ereulng, and a third time hnd night foldv.1 th enrUi before relief i-auiv to the wi-nry our. and Karl. iirviwtriu wna nt liberty tu nav th lonely rulu the dealnil call. Then n violent alorui wna raging! Thla vtorui wna, alrnug to any. the flrat that hnd otvurrvd lu the eieiilng alnce hie utght mew of th bpiunti-d tower, am 11a untieing iieuion, yuat tire week bv fore. Not wlahlng to br aeen by nnr nf th. iiimniea, ne uiu nut venture out unlll af ter nine o cluck. Then Hie wild nln.l an.l dn-uchlng rnlu nerved to rutnrd hla pmg reaa ao much that It wna full ijunrter to ten ueioru lie leu the worn pathwny ami crept behind the clump of thick, wet buahea, wherv, once couccnled from view, he pnuaeil tu light n aiunll dark lauti-rii he nml wiaely imiught with him. lly the aid of thla he pnc-fdi-! to amino what only aeemed n dull, blank wan. none iiupi-cnon, however, reveal ed a large atone that waa Inoae, which he enelly drew forth, inak Inn a rlenn unobalruetiil paaaogewny, through nhlch man 11111M irivp, and without healtn Hon In ho went, Innding dint-tly iiihiii nn uiu, nut nun pnhaniuu noor. Iimerlug hla light, he pnuard to ex- amine thla floor, nnd fniiud to hia ur priiv, uet trnckn iiihiii It, Hint told plain ly that very recent footatepa hnd punned tlmt wny. Following them', the young in 1111 walked in n direct Hue nt-nma the building, until he reuched a door, which, tiu trying, he found tu hla chiigrln, ae vurvly fnatened. I. veil while he pniiaed to reflect iion la licit luoli-mellt, dlataut foolaleiia fell upon hla ear. juat beyond the door, ami hurrleilly he durli-d buck, ixtluguiahing la light aa lie did an. Juat lu time wna thla movement mnde. for n hand unliook'iil Hie faatenlug. onen- ed the door, nod there, to hla unmltignt- d aurprlae, nloni i;tlii'l .NeviTgall, tlin girl ao much the object of hla thoughta elncv Hint narrow eacapv of hern, with a lighted cniidle In her baud, peering into the dnrkniwa beyond. Hnd alio aeen him? he nrked hluiaelf, rccplug like n thief townnla thla unfor tunate homo, ami hearing hla atcpa, had alio come to wnrn him away? An! tho thought wan nbaurtl, nnd ho aoou anw that ahr enmr aeeking merely n covered bnaket, not ohavrved until then, BtHiidlug Juat beyond the door. How tulle. hH lookeil, an hr viewed for one moment her and faco and yea! aure- ly, those were tenra Hint fell from her x'Hutlful hniel ejea upon her clunk, Thu eight of thoac, tenra cnuaed him to ake one atep toward hrr, but ahe fortu nately did not ace him, but drew to the door, after aecurlng the banket, and ho then heard her little feet atnrt down the corridor. lteeolred not to bo balked In hla ef- forin to unravel thla night one myalery at lcoat, Dr. Klfenateln pushed agnln to wards thu door, and to his joy, it thla time yielded to hla touch. I'oor Ktlioll thla night for the flrnt time had been required by Hir Iteglnald (lleudennlng to vlalt the tower and follow out directions he gave her lo full, for producing the lllualoua that were to terri fy the imauapectlng public. in great agitation then, and still weep ing, ahe had proceeded to tho fulfillment of her loatliaome duty, and In her grief and excitement, for the flrtt time forgot to fasten the door, after poaseaelng her self of tho food, Thla forgetfulness accounts for the entrance of the doctor Into the corridor, and enabled him to follow her advancing figure, noftly In the distance. OIIAlTKIl XVI. Wiping way her tears, poor IOthcl placed the basket of food and knife upon the floor, by the entrance of the tower. aa Sir Iteglnald had told her to attend to the business In that quarter before ad ministering to the wanti of the conceal ed quadruped. At last the weary steps wrr i-llmbrd mini she Btood panting on thv broad laud lug, Juat below tha upper wlndowa of tha pliiee. It wna atmidliig on this landing thai her part of the ghoatly nork waa to br iirrforuiinl, Tnklug thru a long handled torch, with which the colored lights nbov were tu be touched lu order to light them, she ap piled the cu ml l lo It, ami reaching up soul! had rvvry one llluiiiliiiitrd aud flam lug iiwny In thr uiual unearthly looking 'jglere. in doing ao ahr never obarrved thr tall, alien! tlgum of the man who had crept after her and now stood III the shade In-low, Intently watching her every , motion. The Bluffed furin before her waa next jlnlm attended to. Taking, thrreforv, Hi lump from wllhlu the head ahr lighted II, nnd turning It bnck nlimxt eii'lalinf! at Hie elTecl the colon-d light gave thv eea. Winding the crnlig slowly, ahe anw (Hint It worked na ahr biippoumI It would, .ami anon the Implaii llgurr wna awung aloft and atond ilnridng to mid fro, to 'thr terror nnd dlamny of all'outward be holdrra. With tenra atlll falling over hrr pair trheeka, Kthrl stoixl with hrr ryra fasten ed nliorr, upon thr awnylng' motion of that frightful looking Imngr, whrn hrr heart alinnat elopped wllhlu hVr, and a wild rry bnrat from hrr Hps as thrar Iworda fell iiw,n her ears: "la It poaalhlr that thla ia theioccupa (Hon nf Miss Klhvl Nrrergall IhlaUtonny fnlglilJ" Jiirnmg, ahr ssw nuvnnnng K.werua iier, mm iniiy rrvvairu oy ine iigu.. ,niiuTe, 1111 iiirin m it. iiienaieiii. "Oh, doctor," ahr walled, aa she bur led Iher face In her hands, slid burst Into low .nobs of sham aud dismay, "how cauin you here to witness my dlagracefiil I work ?" Then auddenly remembering her charge, and true to the lutrrrwtn of hrr trmploycr, she again avlril th crank and, .lowering thr Image, exungulahrd mat head Inmii. as well aa th others, leaving levrrythliig lu darkneta but for the feeble flare of tlir our Utile cnmlle ahr hod plac ird utnui the floor. Turn turning, she ffacrd her accuser. "1 came, 110 mutter now; eumce it mat I wna determined to ujimaek this daring (fraud, and -t allay the fearn of timid 1 ....I ..l.ll.1.- I.. I I- A..t.. nuioi, aiiu tmiuirii, iv-iiaim lu uuiii Hiia 1 never rxprcUed to discover that Mlas Nevergall waa the iiriuie uiorv-r In .this oulrngeoua plriv of wurk. l;thrl lutein-.! to the cold, hard words Ilu litter drspnlr, then fluttering like a -wuundrd lilrd to thr ride of the Indig nant man, she laid onr small, whltr hand run his arm, which waa.ahaken off In die- led! bffor ah could utter one of the (following worda: it la tbr tlmt time I ever did this 'thing. Oh, Wllrvr me; aurely you must remember that I was In, Liverpool wtien you anw that sight, the Hme whrn it last tnppeared?" lea, that Is true; 1 hail, forgotten. Hut thst dor not absolve you .from to-night's ghastly deception, waa tue still cold re- It'ly- (lo be continued.) A BADlBQUnfRtuTOVERBOAnD. Ith nkllt and (lenttenrns th Mother ltaacued the Touiicatr "I was very much annmcd and very tnucU ItiKtructiM recently," tiald a uinxi who Uvea In the country, "by the n ut iles of a mother aiilrrrl In my arctlon, andtwhtle I have grown up, aa I might ray. among sijulrrvls ami cyprcfia rti-K, It wna a revelation to tne. The aiutrrei bud nvwtctl In a low, dumpy cypreHgtri- close to the edgo of u lake, and the nest won probably thirty or forty fi't from the ground. The mother Mjutrrel liniipeucil to l In the triv nt the time, although I had no occasion to notice cither the old stjulr- rvl or her young, rtutll aoiurtliliig trag ical happened In thu family. In some wny one of the little fellows Hcrum liled over the edge of the nest and fell to the ground. I heard the noise, aud. looking In the direction of the sound, I saw the baby squirrel Miulruilng around In. great agony and totally unable to get on Its feet. Tbu mother squirrel ruslied down the side of the cypress like a streak, aud al most In nn Instant she was by the side of her offspring. Sho took In the xlttmtloii at a glance, and set to work to get the youngster lmck tn tho nest. She witched the body around and turned It over and then grabbed It with her teeth Just under the smaller porllou of the buck. Instinctively, I suppose, the young squirrel threw Its nrinn nrouud the niotherH body, and nfter she nuido sure that the hold was good she started cautiously back to the nest. Klip reached there safely. and I saw no more of tho distressed mother nor the youngster. I was very much impressed with the gentleness mid skill she displayed In handling the Injured luiliy squirrel, and really It was nn Inspiring scene." -The Mall mid Kxpress. Ilo CimiIiI I'lay. It Is related that a stranger once entered a cuthcdrul In Sicily and hogged to lie allowed to try the ofgnu, which was new and n very flno Instru ment that even tho organist did not understand. With Rome reluctiuico tho orgiinlst allowed the stranger to play, nnd soon the cathedral wns tilled .with sounds that Its walls hud never beard before. As tho stranger played, pull ing out stops never before combined, nnd working slowly up to the full or gnn, tha cathedra! tilled, aud It wns not until n liirgo congregation had wondered at his gift that the strunger told his name. lie was Dom Dorcuzr I'erosl, tho young priest-composer, whose latint oratorio, "Ia-o," wns per formed nt the Vatican during tho cele- liriltluii of the Pope's Jubilee. Wnutcil in Hen Jorrersou AuU On several occasions last summer JiiM'iili JetTeinon hud with him as n guide 1111 old colored man, to whom hud reached dimly, and from nfur, tho fame of ltlp Van Winkle. One day. when the two wero out fishing In n row-boat, ho hazarded a few remarks. "Hosh, Is It 11 circus you nro In?" "Not exactly 11 circus," said Jeffer son. "Wns, sar. Vo can act, can't yoj" Mr. Jefferson made u modest reply. "Well, sar, I never git to New York, mt I'd powerful like to seo ye act. snr, and I'll glvo fifty cents If you'll cut up right nowl" - I.nvo lii n Newport Cottsgo. Tess I'oor Muyl Jack Mlstry osk d her If sho would cure to bo satisfied with lovo In 11 cottage with him. Jess And sho refused him? Tecs Yes, nnd the next day she- discovered tho cottage was nt Now port. Philadelphia Press, lie sure you're wrong; then back up. PHANTOM ISLES Of THE PACIEIC i I nnd reds ol Illusions Charted as Land. O- Tim IIydrogrnililc Iiepnrtincnt of tho lirltlali Adtnlrulty recently erased from thu chnrtu n Kroup In the Houth l'ficlilr known aa tho Itoyal Company's Island. Kvory one of Uio lurgc pro Joctlolis of the. world showing Hit boiiiullpsmii-as of tb" llrlllnh ICnijiIre rotitnlns thu iiamii', Hnynl Ounimriy's Islamic attnclii'd toscvvrnl dots south of Tnsmnuln. Not voiily Is tha name there, but to prevent nny tnlsundcr atanillng oric(ivitminiic-n'jhero In usual ly printed under Hi naim n Uilck rel linn to Itullcntn that H10 territory Is IlrlUah. liut they are not , lirltlali. of Aincrlcnii. or anytliliig i-lsc'iliut a fic tion, and luirenfter the blK.eLiiiIru wlll be aiiiiillerlby tho losa ofeverul lsl- a 11 tin. About the ftnmo time tha lliitlnlA were removltiB the Hnynl fiinpiwiy'n ' Islands with 11 penknife. Hie I ntfi-il Slates wna aeniliig out the crulwr Tji- coma to aenn li. ilurltin tiro prnctlco cruise to Ilnwnll, fur nnotlaer lalund' wllch ,-hnrtiiI on the tnuka bo- twMI HnI1 i,-r(inch)(.0 ,! tH. Hand wkli Islands, but which, there seems every reason to believe. Is as much u phantom as the Itoynl Company's Isl- tiuds. Thesei are only two recent Incidents comicctctl with the fictitious Islands of the I'nclilc, which ocean seems to be tho favorite with those skippers! who see laud In the broad expanse of water which Is never again seen, al though' the Athuitloln earlier years. furnished perhaps as many examples of Illusions, being jotted down In ships' logs as Islands, reefs and J shoals. It Is largely on account of these reports of fabulous spots of land sprinkled over oceans that hydro graphic departments are n very' neces sary part of the government oflevery marttliiH nation. The 1 Atlantic, being the first (great ocean '.highway frequently used nnd also being of lesser extent than tbo racUle.,was the first to have; Its fabu lous Islands dissipated. The Island of Autlllla, railed Heptapolls by.Mcrca tor ft century later, clung on 'to the WHALE SIIUETlMhS TIIOUQHT A IlKKK.Wl maps with great tenacity almost downy to the nineteenth century. Antlllla, . or tho seven cities, wns not only put, down as an established material fact,, but It was given a population. Ac-1 cording to the stories then believed, f th.. Ui.ntilah drlt-nn mil lv Ilia Vlnnm 11 had taken possession. If the island ever had nn existence, there Is uotu lug now to pnove It. There were also several other equally popular and equally fabuloms Islands lu the Atlan tic, which navigators after the Middle Ages proved to be existing only In the lively Imagination of a darker time. Onu of theso was tile Island of tho Irish Saint Ilrnndon. belief In which was not thoroughly destroyed until the eighteenth century; another was lira ill Island, which did not appear to have any fixed halaltatlon. It seemed to be a perfect derelict, when finally, about forty years ago, the Ilrltlsh Ad miralty removed It from tho hydro graphic charts. Of all tho fabled Atlantic Islands the most curious Instance of persist ent survival Is to bo found,' In Jacquet Island, which first nuido Us appear auco on tho maps during ifho Middle Ages. On tho old charts It Is shown oft the Newfoundland coastlnt about t is snown tint about it -13 east, ilsuuige Is ed' by ouo 47 degrees north and about The map reproduced on this from a largo atlas published ot tho best map publishers In 1853. Not only wns It charted, ,but there was a widespread belief hulls exist ence, owing, 110 doubt, to thofact that It was shown In devcry lurge, atlas of tho time. In spite of this beMef thoro was no record of any ship having seen the lonely Island. When the sub marine cable had been laid between England nnd Krance aud In various utrts of the Mediterranean a cable to connect both sides of the Atlantic was naturally considered. Um W jao . ... no Hi riff I ao -. MtntU MeSarHrich If Ui ''Sink c.im.is .wu . Vt; 0 frtiwp aac 1 -f i c. o c e a tfZ&UXte. GinWlliS; I Curator yA V l'iE?Vf5' 4 Selomia ! bT ti . . ' 5ee1.lvlf.., W 1 irijuj; . . 3 V ttt'W'Uy.ly'ri1 . illUIJll ' ,Cale3ania.t S ' AUSTRALIA Vi fir P .fOietJiam If am sWiw . , J m . m. I ! L -J iJ : U '" SOMU OK THE KACIK1C fSLANDM WHOSE EXISTENCE 13" DOUBTED AKE- WAHKED. The stretch wan about 3.000 miles, and there was doubt as to the prac ticability of the scheme. While the discussion waa going on, In tho later 10s, the proposition was put forward that by making a landing on Jacquet Island, a good deal of difficulty could ho avoided. Jacquet Island then came In for a good deal of prominence, and that was Its undoing. A little Investi gation proved Jacquet Island to be a myth, nnd tho Atlantic cable wan laid on the bottom of the ocean from one continent to the other without the re lay Intended. Notwithstanding this terrible fall from power, the mythical spot remained on many maps until comparatively recent date. Ho numerous became recently dis covered Islands, reefs and shoals In tho I'aclflc that In 18ST the United Htntes Ilydrographlc Ofllce prepared a register chart of thesn "dangers to Snn vtgatlon." Tho reason they were called was because of the uncer tainty of the existence of many of tln-ni. Having been reported they mere, presumed to exist, and, altbougti some1. of them were never again vbl- hie, they remained on the chart, fori " n 1 1 1 1. . 1 1 ,7 aiiu iiui uvim uiii the navigation charts a vessel might strike nix- at night or on a misty day and go to the bottom. That many of the Islands' do exist seems to be evi .I....' ......,,(..,. HHJ r. . nA , . dent from .llie fnct that every little! while a shlD Is lost and never after-al ward beard of. The presumption l that she has gone on one of the hidden ll ment charts and those of other na reefs that are not yet marked or are tlons. This dragirence, which amount Incorrectly charhed. ed to five or. sir .minutes, and occa It was not long after the chart of the reported dangers to navigation In the Pacific had been" Issued before mono Information was 'brought. In one way or another, to the ilydrographlc Ofllce, and by 18W this Information had Increased to such an extent that ine cnart oecame almost valueless, and It also showed the Impracticabili ty of,lssuhiganother chart A volume was then inivlished giving nil the de tails that hind come to tbo knowledge of the office. In five yearsla new edi tion, taking note only of I the North Pacific, was. published. In this voSume there are .described nearly 1,200 "dangers" reported In the Pacific north of the equator, aud the greater number of the "dangers" are mentioned as "Islands," of which sub sequent Inquiry has shown that the majority are as fabuUous as the Isl and of Antlllla or as Jacquet Island. The South Pacific VMi the subject of a volume Issued In 1870. In which 1,300 "dangers" were reported. As In the former case, most of these were Islands, nnd opposite tbflr namestwere the words, lu bold-faced' type "Position Doubtful" or "Existence Doubtful." There had been by 1891 sufficient new reports to fill a good-sized supplement. Since then there have bcemonly occa sional addenda printed und distribut ed, and In the Ilydrographlc Office a rulraugbtsman Is almost constantly em ployed erasing phantoms which have) been unveiled, and putting down nem "Islands" which may lu turn Drove toi be fabulous. Within tho last four 'years more than twenty-five mytbolog-. leal liruul spots In the Pacific have been I token ott the charts, and about as' many 1 more have been added. One iof tlko latest reports received uy tnoiomce ;s aatea iiremen, April 10. It ,1s given as a specimen of thai fragmeqtary way In which these re-i porta are received: "Tho Prlnz Wal demar WitJtmus, on the voyage from Honda to Derllnhafeifi reports at QUO a. m. on Dec. 17, In latitude 1 degree 22 minutes south, longitude 130 de grees 30 minutes east, raw n reef un der water estimated to'extend balf a sea mile from S. S. W, to N. N. E., about 100 meters broaU." filralght- DISCOLORATION OV B way this Is entered on the records and placed on the chart, for If It re ally does exist It la a menaco to navi gation. It Is something to be on tho lookout for, yet In a year or two It may bu reported aa a myth, or In a different position. The question naturally arises, "How comes it that mythological Islands are reported? How can any one see an Island that has no existence?" To the lands man It appears Inexplicable, but to the sailor the explanation Is simplicity Itself. At times there appear In tho sea long, dark patches or bright, yellow ish patches, which at a distance gtva tho mariner tha Impression of shoals. Looking on bis chart he finds none charted In that neighborhood and, con sequently, enters his discovery In his log. When he reaches port he gives Information, which finally finds its way to tha Ilydrographlc Office of his government, and then to all the others throughout the world. Sometimes a tired whale will float lazily on the bosom of the deep, and at a distance appeara to the man on the bridge as a reef or, perhaps, as a distant Island. A school of fish will stir up the water or change Its hue, and the wide-awake sailor may see In It one of those "dangers to navigation," which will live for a time on a chart with the embarrassing letters "K. D." opposite the entry, meaning Its existence Is Idoubted. A tide rip V?n ' mistaken for breakers, and Is poier ot tne things responsible fo ,Ui Phan toms which appear on thAbovyj of fue uyarograpnic umce. iJleaifreciuerit in.diarts, Aether explanation for mlstaws which .were formerly made by ships' masters, specially In the East India nrchluelaaa. Is the dl s nerve id e lit in longitude ofl the Netherland govern- yionally more, wat rectified about 1 . - V . . . V ewe-my-nve years ago.i.wuen tuei.eiu ertand government adfed the same longitude as .the British' Admiralty. !Thd rectification was not eromplete. 'however.. and there) are tllltniy du "pllcatlomvtof shoals, and other aiorers on the charts, having been revorUfl by different navtlgotors using the charts of theirtresnectfve nations. Once a fabulous Isloud g?ta a f foot- Ing, so to speak. . on" jine' of the navi gation charts, It is tlrejnost difficult thing In the world to getUt off. One case In point Is sufficient. In 1801 the JACljCET ISLAND. shin Nautilus reoosted the discovery Vl of an Island nt 8.35' S., 107.-17 E., ort about the mhldle of tho Southern Pa cific. Not only wasllt reported as a fact, but the Information .was accom panied with the superfluous supposi tion that "It; Is uninhabited." On thai strength of this assertion it wtis con-l sldered the genuine article, but it was( believed Its position was doubtful. Itsl longitude was glveuias 107 deciees .051 mluute. and this waa said to be.n mls-i take. As It subsequently proved, thaU whole Island was a mistake. The sblpf Curola In 1SS3 made a seanch for It v for a dlstauco sixty I miles least and west of Its assigned position, innd'at a cast of tho lead to tfcventy-htve .fath oms found no bottom. In HSOS the fable was destroyed by being erased. There Is nearly alwayb gome- vessel In the United States nnvy emitloyed tn making aud correcting (surveys. Tho mans of material thus collected for the Ilydrographlc Office Isiof the, great est possible service. The" coast is, of course, the principal objert of atten tion to tbeso surveying parties, but HV)j,SEEil3 A NEW ISLE. MYTHICAL "JACXJUET" ISLAND. on tho l'mlile, they often cruise long distances In search of Islands or shoal or reefs reported at various times. lu this way more phantoms have) beun explained away than In any other. While the ordinary mariner does not tako time to luvestlgalo the tlilnge he sees, or believes he sees, the sur vey expedition examines critically In nine cases out of ten they sail over tho spot whero the fabulous Island la said to have been seen, and generally find their dead line la too short to touch bottom. For some unknown reason these Islands of tho Imngtns Hon persist In selecting that part of the ocean where depth Is greatest, when they might have dono better la when tney might have done betetr la one of those things no fellow can find out" 8UN, MOON AND EARTH. Ultimate Return of Moon to Karth Predicted by BcUntlat. The alterations now occurring la the distribution In the solar system bavs led Professor Oeorgo Darwin to pre dict that the moon will ultimately re turn to the earth which gave her sud den birth so many ages before; and It may further be prophesied that the planets and their satellites must ulti mately yield to the gravitational Influ ence of our dying sun and must return to the bosom of their parent. We must conceive of the solar sys tem of to-day, then, as gathered Into one central mass, closely aggregated around that point which from the be ginning baa constituted Us center of gravity. And what will bo tho stage of this shrunken object? It will be a dark star, dead sun. There are myr iads of such In the heavens. Sir Itob ert Hall has said that to count all the bright stars that we can see and say "these are all there are" would be like counting the red-hot horseshoes In England and saying, "this Is the total number." This dark to be will, there fore, be Just such another as millions more. There will be no life upon It. We can not conceive the terror of Its cold, for the nebula has been dlstlpaUng en ergy, In the form of light and heat. Into tho chilly depths of Intersidereal apace ever since the first hour ot Its longaeval shrinkage. What is the destiny of this dead sun, among whose constituent atoms, re member, will be those In the printer's Ink before your eyes and those In th eyes before your eyes? Are they for ever "stable In desolation," as Bte vensou has It to be borne onward through infinite space? No; this shriv eled globe, the common tomb of sun and earth and Mars and of the bodies of the great that once breathed there on, may lire again. Give it but tha consuming embrace of such another voyage and In a moment a new nebula will be born. The force of their Impact will suffice to evaporate their substance Into an other cloud which will repeat the his tory ot the old. The path of tbo two dead suns will determine tho position of tho "principal plane" which will form the ground plan of the new sys-tinier-Harper's Magazine. EQVNE WEARY WILLIE3. At4rleyf Horses Who Hud Idea of it,lr il-M-n and LLveil Ud to Them. M Ti.uro tp main- Instances of horses refusing o perform their aljotted du ties. A certain frnjer at Jiste.ley, In Hampshire, tells a story of a part horso yhlch he bought "cheap' jjt A horse slo near Aldershot. As rent turned oa.C .this animal proved by uo means a barjrsin, for from the day be was bought to ,tho Jlme the disappoint ed purchaser- soUJ hjjn "for a mere .song" this stubborn ,best absolutely uyfused to do any wor tie would submit to beiug iharnwyea in ,th. most exemplary manner, but whim n liT.VthlsXoDeratlon was perforin- 'led be FUr animal would not budga anJn?ta rlvWK Itf1 determination th mule.-uwlrlch frequently decides to taka n rest!, anl'.i.n Italy it Is often found necessary la nslt Ara underneath tta lazy offender IMprd-Jie ,ca.n pe in- duatd tov'move on." 1 A v-ell-kuown race bom" trainer la Sussex once "bad a horse which would only work when In the mood for IL Time aftw tlrqe this curiously dls HjNItloned animal vcould, when run nlngln hurdle rvres, lead bis field, and ippeiH? to be wlnnto.g easily, until tha It it hurMle (ras reachivj. He then pre sumably hought that be had dona enougli work:, for be would sVp short, and, digging his front hoofs Into fja ground, would Brllow erery horse in tha hrace to pass blm, xfter which he would Uquletly trot off to tho paddock. Apparently there was memo,, jn tun yocullar Idiosyncrasy, for bis trainee vas ot opinion that the horsa counted tbo hurdles there are eight In a rtea and. mindful ot tho many hidings ba had in former days received In tha '"run is. from the last hurdle to tha winning pAit, had formed a resolve never again lo negotiate the final hur dle, LoodotiVnswers. Sorry" tt Spoke. J Mr. WUklns, wandering aimlessly down the street, met his old friend Peatly, says the Chicago Tribune. Hello, Peatlyr ho called, checrii, ''Where have yon been this long ,tlme?" "Serving on a Jury, stJd Peatly. I "Well, I can sympathize with you." Isabl Mr. Wllklun. "It must bare been a good deal of a bore. Isn't It curious, by the way, that they always seem to want ignoramuses on a Jury now adays! .They never take anybody that that, of'' course, I moan as a general thing for Jhey do once In a while get a man of Intelligence I'm not peak ing ot you, ot course I don't know .whether you get exactly what I am driving at or not, but but tha fact la, I that's a mighty fine stick-pin you're wearing, old man. Where'd you get ur Various Sort. "You hear so many people talking of 'tho pace that kills.' I wonder what they mean, exactly.'' "Well, It depends. There's the mes senger boy's pace, for Instance; that merely kills tlmb." Philadelphia l'ress. A poetic genius In one who Is able to convert bis stuff luto real mousy.