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CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
Tho rooms wcro all unfurnished; but
In ono, "Tho turret chamber," as It waa
called, though It was not built In tur
ret fashion, Roso camo upoii a tangible
relic of tho post.
It was a largo oaken cabinet, black
with ago. Ita doors wcro open. As
they approached It the setting sun
broko from a bank of thin white fog,
nnd flllod tho wholo apartment with a
ruddy glow. Roso, over curious, was
tho first to search tho cabinet
Thoro wore soveral toilet ornaments
In Venetian glass aud gold upon tho
upper shelf. Upon tho lower ono lay
a small yellow packet and a fragment
of an old lottcr. Itoso took It up ea
gerly and read theso words traced In a
dellcato yet unformed handwriting:
"And so I send tho gift, but I fear it
will outlive- your lovo. Last night,
when you left mo you forgot my good
bye kiss; and so this morning I
thought "
Thoro tho fragment ended. It was
tho old, old story, coming down from
remoto years. "Woman's tender love
woman's pained recognition of a Blight
woman's faith, mixed sweetly With
Woman's fear of losing what she prized
far moro than anything olso tho world
had to bestow. Itoso stood musing
with tho torn paper In her hand, till
cr father spoke.
"Poor llttlo gooso! I wonder where
aho and her lover aro now? What is
in tho packet, Roso?"
Tho girl broke tho string. A long
tress of dark brown hair fell lightly
over her hand. That was tho "gift."
no doubt, which was still fresh nnd
glossy, while tho head on which It
grew was perhaps lying low in tho
grave.
Roso laid it reverently back bcsldo
tho letter. Mr. Cowley fidgeted about
a moment or two, and then said that
they had better go. Ho had evidently
seen enough for that day at least. As
for Rose, tho dead girl's words seemed
sounding In her ear all tho way homo.
"Vet why dead?" Sho asked herself
that, as sho woko with a start at two
o'clock tho next morning.
Mrs. Cowley went back to the village
hotel in a moro ngreeablo framo ot
mind. Sho foudly Imagined that tho
gloom nnd sllenco of tho Hnll had been
too much oven for tho jovial spirits ot
her husband to encounter. Brighton
looked nearer than ever, as sho sank
placidly to sleep that night.
- But tho next morning undeceived
hor. Mr. Cowloy was up with tho lark,
and when she descended with tho girls
to tho nine o'clock breakfast, ho was
not there. "Ho had gono to tho Hall,"
meek Mrs. Grimes Informed thorn with
a courtesy.
"To tho Hall!" gasped Mrs. Cowley
in diro dismay, "What for?"
"Mr. Grimes went up with him,
mum. They took out a lot of painters
and plasterers, mum. Not to speak ot
tho two charwomen as is to go next
week."
"Mercy preserve us!" exclaimed tho
horrified British matron. 'Is Uio man
In his senses? Can ho think of living
thoro nfter all that wa saw last night?"
Mrs. Grimes shook her head and
sighed.
"Men Is that contrary, mum, that an
angel from heaven would not well
know what to do with them!" sho ob
served, sympathlz4ngly. And certain
ly, after living so many years with
Simon Grimes, sho ought to have been
a Judge.
Mrs. Cowley took hor breakfast with
what appotlto sho might. At noon hor
llego lord appeared dusty, tired and
cross. From him sho learned that tho
workmen wero progressing favorably,
that tho placo would bo ready for tho
charwomen by the end of that present
week, instead of tho next, nnd that ev
erything would bo finished by tho last
Jay of tho month.
"So get ready to move on tho first
day ot December, old lady," ho added,
merrily, "for we shall keep our Christ
mas there!"
Tho "old lady" groaned at tho
thought. What sort of n Christmas
would It bo In that dismal, lonely,
haunted ruin?
But Mr. Cowloy carried his point, as
ho always did. Day after day did ho
spend at tho Hall, sometimes with Mr.
tSrlmes, sometimes with tho agent, but
oftenor alouo with his workmen, who
did their tasks In platoons, nnd would,
on no account, stay on tho premises a
moment after sundown. Not bo tho
charwoman who succeeded them. Sho
was a stranger In tho place, and felt
no roveronco for its traditions. Conse
quently sho refused to believe In tho
Shost3; and when Mr. Cowley heard
her avow her want of faith In a groat
ttrong voice and with a hearty laugh
ho was bo enchanted with her good
?enso that ho engaged her on tho spot
to remain at tho Hall as servant till
tho scruples of tho neighboring dam
sels should bo sufficiently overcomo to
snnblo them to servo, with or under
her, or perhaps to tako her place. But
for hor opportune arrival, Mrs. Cowloy
might havo been forced to mako hor
own bed.get hor own dlnnor nnd black
her husband's boots for no village
girl could havo been Induced for lovo
or monoy to ongago at tho Hall till It
was fairly proved whether Queon Bes;
was thcro or not.
Mrs. Macarthy, however, was a host
In herself, and tho sight of her broad,
smiling faco was enough to put tho
most crabbed ghost into good humor If
oy chanco sho should happen to meet
ono. Sho worked with u will during
A.
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ill
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tho week of her occupancy. Carpets
wero put down, curtains huug up, bods
alrod nnd made, drawing nnd dining
rooms swept and dusted; till, from tho
dlsmnl shell, on which Mrs. Cowley
hnd looked with such horror, n hand
some, modern-looking dwelling placo
was deduced, possessing every comfort
which tho most fastidious tasto could
require at least, for a short sojourn.
Mr. Cowley might have been loss lib
eral In furnishing any other houso, but
here his honor was In somo measure
at stake, and ho was not Batlsfled till
ho had dono his very best.
Ho camo homo Into on tho evening of
tho thirtieth of November, nnd an
nounced, with a pleasant smile, that all
was ready for tho removal. Roso
scarcely know whether to bo glad or
sorry that her often repeated wish was
about to bo granted. In her heart sho
began to feel a llttlo timid, though sho
would havo gono to the stako rather
than acknowledge It. Catharlno shed
some tears, but her father only laughed
at her. As for Mrs. Cowley, sho packed
hor trunks as If for an expedition to
tho Fejco Islands, nnd Mrs. Grimes as
sisted her, groaning dismally tho whllo
over tho "contrariness of them men."
At two p. m., nil was ready, but Mr.
Cowley never mado his appearance till
five. Then, taking n mournful fnrewell
of Mrs. Grimes, the devoted wifo and
mother entered tho fly and drovo ho
rolcally away.
Tho gntcs ot tho Hall stood wide
open this time to receive them, nnd
Mrs. Macarthy was smiling and bowing
at tho door. Iamps wero lit In tho
hall anil fires burned in every room.
Beautiful carpets, curtains and furni
ture, together with books nnd pictures,
and a piano, so transformed tho gloomy
drawing-room thnt tho girls scarcely
recognized It. Mr. Cowley was In ec
stasies at their exclamations of sur
prise. "I knew you would llko It," ho kopt
repeating, aB ho rubbed his hands to
gether; "and 1 have spared no expense
In making it pleasunt and comfortable
for you. Now, my dear, if you will
go upstairs and tako off your things,
Mrs. Macarthy will glvo us somo tea.
I, for one, am as hungry ns a hunter.
My love, I am glnd you llko tho placo
so well. Was I not right in urging
j on to como? 1 knew you would sco
It In the end and you do!"
CHAPTER IV.
But did they "sco it," after all?
Grave enough was Mrs. Cowley's faco
as she snt down to that first meal in
her new house. Tho tea was hot and
strong tho toast nicely buttered tho
cold ham cut with Vauxhall nicety, yet
sho could not eat. If a door creaked,
sho started nervously In her chair If
a raouso gnawed at a wainscot, sho
looked as if sho was about to faint.
Yet tho habit of obedlenco to her hus
band's wishes was so titrongly im
planted within her breast that Bhe
never drcamejl cf, :w:irg how uncom
fortablc sho felt. Mr. Cowley had mnde
up his mind to llvo in a haunted houso
consequently a haunted houso must
bo tho best place possible to llvo In.
Sho was serving her fellow creatures
by proving to them that tho doctrlno
of ghosts must bo false. No martyr
over underwent more agony for tho
sake of a good causo than she.
At Inst tho meal was over, and tho
ox-charwoman had cleared away. Tho
group drew around the mazing lire,
Mrs. Cowley took her knitting; Mls3
Catherine, with an air of making hor
self at home, performed wonderful
feats with her crochet needles; Mr
Cowley pished and pshawed over tho
columns of his Times, which in tho
hurry of removal, he had not had an
opportunity to read before. All wcro
employed except Roso, and sho evi
dently found it very hard to settle to
anything. Sho walked about tho room,
till hor father growled out n request
that sho would not fidget him; so thon
sho lifted the curtain nnd gazed out
for a long tlmo upon tho bare and deso
lato lawn, looking moro desolato still
beneath the pale light of tho wintry
moon.
A thought struck her as she stood
there. Sho gavo a llttlo delicious
shlvor, then left tho room and went
upstairs.
Tho turret chamber had been pre
pared for her by special request. Miss
Cowloy's room was exactly opposite,
no that tho sisters could easily com
munlcato with each other If necessary,
Mr. and Mrs. Cowley had chosen a
large, squnro chambor nt the back of
tho house, and tho revolver wus al
ready lying on a table close besldo tho
bed. Fires wero blazing brightly in
alt those rooms. They lookod exceed
ingly snug and cozy In tho ruddy glow.
Still, not the loss for lire and candlo,
did Roso feel tho unseen presence of
somo former Inhabitant of tho place.
Sho hurried nervously down tho pass
age, entered her own room, took a
book from her dressing bag and ro
treated without daring even to glvo a
glance at the oaken cabinet In tho cor
ner. Quicker and quicker sho wont on
hor way back, breathing short and feel
ing terribly frightened, though
ashamed that she should do so. Sho
to llvo In a haunted house, and havo
no moro nervo than this? Tho thing
waB ridiculous sho would bo moro
sensible. And making a bravo effort
to feel collected at tho head of tho
stairs, sho heard or fancied alio heard
ono breathing closo behind her felt,
or fancied (the felt, the touch of a cold,
light hand upon her own. Sho shrtckftd
wildly, and ran hoadlong down, only
to find tho wholo family In tho hnll,
looking pnlo and frightened, nnd evi
dently ready to faco twenty ghosts, for
tho benefit of whoso fleshlcss noses Mr.
Cowloy grasped tho tongs.
"Good gracious, Roso!" cxclaimod
her mother, trembling from head to
foot. "What is It? Havo you seen
anything?"
'No," said Roso, looking extremely
ollly; "but I was all In tho dark at
tho head of tho stairs, and I fanclod
somo ono touched me!"
"I wish to goodness you would bo
sure of your danger, young lady, bo-
foro you scare us all out of our wlta
another tlmo!" snld Mr. Cowley, lead
ing tho way back to tho drawing-room
nnd disposing of tho tongs In their
placo onco moro. "I made auro by your
squalling that old Queen Bess, at tho
very least, was after you. If you aro
going to fnncy ghosts In ovory direc
tion, you had bettor go back nnd tako
shelter with Mrs. Grimes ao soon as
you cnn. Why, hero's Kitty, who
couldn't bear tho Idea of this house,
and look nt hor now. Sho don't liko
It, and sho may bcllcvo thoro nro
ghosts hero, but I don't think bIio
would invent them for herself before
hand, ns you seem to havo dono. No
moro nonsense, Rose, if you please,
or overy ono In Banloy Bhall know
that you, who wero bo eager to get
here, woro tho flrst to cry out 'WolfP
linlf an hour nfter you camo."
Mr. Cowloy, having delivered his lec
ture, resumed tho perusal of tho Times.
Catherine said nothing, it is truo, but
oven hor crochet needles, as sho
worked, seemed to assumo an air ot
superiority over Rose. That young lady
sat, looking sulky bcsldo tho lire. Hu
man naturo prompted her to throw her
book at Catherine's head, but young
lady nnturo camo to tho roscuo, and
prevented any such untoward net. At
lust her sense of Injury subsided as sho
drew near tho lamp nnd began to read.
Certainly sho had chosen tho queer
est volume possible for such n placo.
It was Mrs. Crowo's "Night SIdo of Na
ture," a book well calculated to glvo
a sound nlghtmnro even to tho most
Incredulous opponent of tho ghost
theory.
l'or somo minutes sho was very
qulot; but Mrs. Cowley, looking up
from her knitting, got a gllmpso of
tho Illustrated cover, where, bcsldo tho
old hall clock, and by tho light of a
splendid harvest moon, a. gonulno or
thodox ghost, In a winding sheet, Is
appearing to a terrified maid-servant,
Just preparing to faint upon tho floor.
Ono look wns enough for Mrs. Cow
ley. Sho uttered nn exclamation that
drew every cyo to tho unlucky book.
Mr. Cowloy looked over his spectacles
at his daughter, as if ho had thought
sho had suddenly gono mad.
"What could havo possessed you to
bring that horrlblo thing hero?" ho
asked sternly. "It is tho greatest non
sense, only fit to go Into tho flro. I
havo half a mind to muke you put it
thcro now!"
Miss Rose, at that moment, owed hor
entiro family a grudgo; and, having
frightened horself to death with tho
grisly tales sho had been reading, sud
denly determined to frlghton them
also.
"If I can't Bleep a wink tonight for
thinking of theso dreadful things,
neither shall Catharlno," was her am
iable resolve. So, putting on her sweet
est smile, sho looked up from tho ob
noxious book Into her father's faco.
"Dear papa, you aro Just a llttlo pre
judiced against Mrs. Crowe you know
you are."
(To bo continued.)
An Nluud of Kulpliur.
In tho Bay of Plenty, New Zealand,
Is situated Whlto Island, which con
sists mostly of sulphur mixed with
gypsum and a few other minerals.
Over this island, which Is about thrco
miles in circumference, and which
rises between 800 nnd 900 feet nbovo
tho sea, floats continually an lmmonso
cloud of vapor, attaining nn elevation
of 10,000 feet. In tho center Is a boil
ing lako of acidulated water, covering
fifty acres, nnd surrounded with blow
holes from which steam and sulphur
ous fumes nro omitted with great forco
and nolso. With caro a boat can bo
navigated on tho lako. Tho sulphur
from Whlto Island is very pure, but
llttlo effort has yet been mado to pro
cure It for commercial purposes.
Itecord for Longest Helen.
Now that Queon Victoria Is dead,
Francis Joseph of Austria holds the
record of tho longest reign In Europe,
or, Indeed, In the world. He has been
on tho throno moro than Hfty-two
yenrs and is In tho Boventy-flrst year
of his llfo. But Francis Joseph Is by
no means tho oldest ruler. Tho pos
scssor of this distinction la neither tho
emperor of Austria nor, as Is generally
supposed, King Christian of Donmark,
who is 8'-', anil has rolgned thlrty
feven years. Tha oldest living ruler
5s a lesser huown personality, tho
Grand Duko Adnlphus of Luxembourg,
who camo Into tho world in 1817.
Cnrrlor I'Ikcoh In (tariunn Army.
Carrier pigeons aro largely used In
tho German army, which has tho most
complete pigeon sorvlco In tho world.
Hardly nny German town of Impor
tnnca la without Its pigeon loft, and tho
kaiser distributes numerous prizes for
long und rapid flights.
A Cure for Iliroouchx.
A noYcr-folling cure for hiccoughs
that gives prompt relief, Is to draw In
as much air as tho flings will hold, and
retain It as long as possible. Onco Is
generally eufTlclent, but If necessary,
It may ho repeated.
When a woman discloses a secret
It Is always with telling effect.
BICt AFllICAN LAKES.
TRAVELER'S SOLUTION OF THE
TANGANYIKA MYSTERY.
Fnnnn of tho llljr, I.nkot Found In Me
Wholly I.itctMtrluo Volrnnoo Im
Up Ktremn uuil Turn the Water the
Oilier Wny.
Tho mystery that has always sur
rounded tho great lakes of Central
Africa Is largoly solved In tho new
number of tho Geographical Journal
by Mr. J. E. S. Moore. His explora
tions havo linked together much In
formation previously rather fragmen
tary. Tanganyika was discovered by
Burton and Spcko In 1S57, and tho lat
ter brought to Englnnd a fow shells
picked up on its shoro which found
their way to tho British museum. Some
of them puzzled tho exports, for,
though taken from a fresh water lako
very far Inlnnd, they strongly resem
bled genera which Inhabit the sea.
Thoy had also a curiously old world
aspect, as If they were lineal descend
nnts of shells which lived about tho
tlmo when tho limestones called ool
ites wero formed, or considerably bo
foro our chalk was deposited. But tho
llttlo known about Africa had led go
ologists to Bupposo that, at any rnto,
tho central and southern parts had
been nbovo tho son far longer than
this. In courso of time, however, moro
discoveries wero mad In Tanganyika,
Including shells of similar types, pe
culiar fishes, crabs, prawns, sponges,
nnd even a jelly fish In fact, n num
ber of creatures, all suggesting thnt
their ancestors hnd been marine. Then
In 1897 Mr. Mooro visited tho lnko
and brought back collections which
placed tho matter beyond doubt But
tho settlement of thnt question only
raised another. In what way did Tan
ganyika cominunicnto with tho sea?
Somo ten years ago Prof. Suess, of Vi
enna, by piecing together tho Informa
tion gathered by travelers In tho moro
central parts of Africa, camo to tho
conclusion thnt tho continent on Its
eastern side was traversed by a rc-,
marknblo group of rifts, which had'
resulted In tho formntlon of valleys.
In theso lay tho longer nnd nnrrowor
of tho African lnkea. Ho traced tho
"rift system" from Syria, along tho
valley of tho Jordan, down tho Rod
sea, southward into Africn. Near Lako
Rudolf It divides tho two branches
opening out to lncloso a broad tract
of highlands In tho mlddlo ot which
is the wide Victoria Nyanzn. Tho
western nrm passes through tho Al
bert lako, Klvu and Tanganyika, turn
ing eastward from tho south end of
tno last to tho head of Nyassa. Hero
it Is very probably joined by tho oast
orn branch, which can bo traced for
a long way, passing to tho west of
Kenya and Kilimanjaro, These great
rifts would seem to bo tho natural
lines of connection with tho ancient
ocean, nnd, If so, thnt could bo tracked
by scolng which of the lakos contained
tho strange creatures of Tanganylkn
So a second expedition was onrantzod.
headed hy Mr. Mooro to oxamlno tho
wholo chain of lakes along tho west
ern "Rife Valley," from Nyassa to tho
Albert Nyanza. His former oxpcdl
tlon had mado It almost certain thnt
Nynssa had never been In communi
cation with tho sea. Consequently,
tno wny could not havo been from tho
south. In Tanganyika ho found still
moro evidence or nn ancient marino
fauna which had tenanted its wators
at a tlmo whon tho lako covorod
much larger nrcn. But neither In
Klvu nor In tho Albert Edwnrd lako,
nor in tno AIDort Nynnza could ho ills
cover any traces of theso marine croa
tures. Their faunn, liko that ot Ny
assn, was wholly lacustrlno. Moro than
that, Mr. Mooro found thnt tho rlvor
draining Klvu descends ns a torront
through r.n upland region to tho old
head of Tanganylkn nnd thnt tho for
mer lako is cut off from tho Albort
Edwnrd by n hugo nmea of volcanoes
oonio of which nro still active. Strange
as It may seem ho gives good reasons
for bollovlng that Klvu had boon
formed by tho outbreaking of theso
volcanoes, which havo dammed up a
stream that formerly ran to tho north
till tho wnter at last found an out
let In tho opposite direction down to
Tanganyika. Thus, Btrango tin It may
Bcem, tho son can only havo lain to
tho west, over tho present basin of tho
Congo. London Standard.
A I'lnnannt Fail,
An attrnctlvo fashion among tho
smart men of Now York Is tho Bending
of dnlnty hampers of fruit to their
maacultno friends on feast days und
holidays. Tho wlckor hampors are
very protty and nro flllod most nt
trnctlvely with luscious fruits which
ncstlo amid tho groon leaves of soft
smllnx nnd othor foliage. In addition
to sending flowers to tho friends who
nro going to cross tho briny doop
Dnmo Fashion dispatches fruit. Tho
llowors fade, but tho fruit will last
until tho Journey ends, and oven In
sickness fruits can bo eaten often
when nothing elso can. So ho Iiib
clous product of Pomona Is packed In
dainty hnsuotB and soni to convey
sweet messages and kind wishes for
bon voyage.
MomorlHl Church for Klrlimnn I.
It is proposed to erect a unique me
morlnl church In Richmond, Vn. I
addition to memorial windows In
honor of departed naval and mllltnry
horoes, thoro will bo window I
honor of Christian bankers, another
for railroad men nnd n third for Iron
workers. Those will bo erected by
contributions from representatives of
tho sovoral classes which they will
honor, and nil who contrlbuto will bo
provided with cards which will admit
thorn when visiting the church
pews opposite tho memorials In which
thoy aro Interested.
ENGLAND'S NEW WARSHIPS.
repartition fur Itntch of 18,000-Ton
ltntt1ehlp.
Plana aro now being prepared for a
now bntch ot flrst-clnss battloshlps,
thnt will out-Herod Herod In tho mat
ter of size. Hitherto wo havo kopt
our monsters of the deep down to 15,-
000 tons, nn compnrcd with 12,000 tons
dd In the French, German, Russian
and United States navies. But Franco
in hor lntest Bhlpa, Is going to 1C.000
tons, nnd hns talked of 18,000. Tho
United States, which wns onco n par
tisan ot "moderato dimensions," hns
gono up to 16,000 for her latest ships.
On thnt displacement both nations
hnvo got moro guns nnd armor than
BrltlBh designs provide. In order not
to bo left behind, nnd still to prcscrvo
various heavy fads deemed cnsontlnl
for British ships, our admiralty has
decided to put on weight, and tho
now battleflhlps, Queen and Prlnco of
Wales, will bo of 18,000 tons displace
ment. Tho nrmamcnt la not yet defin
itely Bottled, but It will consist of four
2 Inch Mark IX. and probably eigni
C inch, ton C Inch, nnd twenty or
moro 3 Inch (12-poundcrs). Tho 7.5
Is n now gun, of which a good deal has
been henrd for somo tlmo, though It
hns not hitherto nppearcd allont. It
used to bo known as tho 7 Inch, Its
caliber being 7.7 Inches. Us ndoptlon
now 1b of n somowhnt half-hearted nn
turo, says tho l,ondon Globe. Objec
tions havo been raised against It on
tho score of the weight of tho projec
tile, 200 pounds, which Is rather heavy
for manual use. Tho recent vast Im
provements In armor six Inches of
Krupp armor aro equal to a foot of
Hnrvev Btcel armor or eighteen lnchen
of Iron havo, however, rendered ab
solutely necessary, a moro powerful
weapon than tho convenient im
pounder fi Inch. Two yenrs ago it was
practically decided to mount tho 7.5
Ineh 11111 In nil HOW sh 1)3. UUt lor
somo unnccountablo reason tho deel
aion hung lire. A fenturo of tho now
nhlps Is that, owing to their enormous
bulk, thov will, t is hoped, rlsic amy
omimratlvcly small lnconvenionco
from n torpedo. As that woa
pon cnn now bo Hrcd with nccuracy
nt rnngo of n mllo or moro tho torpedo
b n far moro Important weapon than
It was four or llvo years ago. buumn
lncs, too, nro helping to mnko tho
torncdo n sorlous rival of tho gun
Somo measure of salvation lies In
bulk, for tho bigger tho ship tho moro
easily can systems ot water-tight com
partmcnts bo amplified.
Illnp; Alfrod tho tlrcnU
Tho forthcoming commemoration ot
Klnir Alfred tho Great, which will
tako placo during tho coming summer
nt Winchester, Englnnd, will bo ono ot
tho moat striking nnd appropriate
events of tho tlrat year of tho now
contury. Winchester Is tho monarch's
placo of burlnl and tho ancient nnd
roval eanltnl of England, nnd tho
commemoration Is ono on which hor
majesty the lato queon early bestowed
hor approval. Tho colossal Btatuo of
tho king which is now being executed
by Hamo Thornycroft, R. A., will tako
n prominent plnco among tho perma
nent momorlals which will bo tho out-
como of tho forthcoming celebration.
This striking flguro Is now complete
In plaster and In tho hands of tho
founders to bo cast Into bronze. It
measuros over sixteen foot In height
and somo idea of Its colossal slzo may
bo gleaned by a comparison with tho
Kculntor who stands by Its Bldo. It
Is. moreover, of Mr. Thornycroft'B
best work. Tho baso. which Is nt tho
same tlmo both bold nnd Blmple, will
bo composed of two hugo granlto
monoliths, which nro now In Cornwall
nwnitlng transport, wolghlng respect
ively forty nnd thlrty-flvo tons.
Ileport Vn Mot KxpllcIL
An omburrasBing moment occurred
at ono of tho annual meetings of tho
commlttco of tho Church of England
Tompornnco society, over which tho
lato blshoi) of London presided. Tho
roport of tho ladles' commltteo was
road, which, among other information,
contained tho Btntomont that "during
tho last year much nttentlon had
been paid to barmaids." A very au-
dlblo tlttor ran round tho meeting,
which waa changed to undisguised
laughter as tho following words woro
read: "This has, In many cases, led
to tholr being vlsltod In their homes."
So loud wns tho merriment of tho
clergy that tho chairman, foarful of
moro alarming ambiguities, roso nnd
smilingly obsorved: "Porhnps goiv
tinmen, wo mnv tako tho roport ns
road." london Chronicle.
Tho l'rlcht llui Clhoit Hud.
nurlni! a confirmation tour In tho
dloceso of Petcrboro tho Into bishop
ot london put up ono ovonlng nt an
old manor house, and Blopt In a room
Hiiimosed to bo haunted. Next morn
ing nt breakfast tho bishop was ask
ed whether ho had seen tho gliost.
"Yes," ho replied, with groat solemn
ity, "but I havo lnld tho spirit; It will
never trouble you ngnln." Being fur
ther questioned upon tho subject tho
bishop Bald: "Tho ghost Instantly
vanished when I asked for a subscrip
tion toward tho restoration of tho
Potcrboro cathedral." Argonaut.
Horn Thirteen Children nnd I.lvml to
In HH.
Mrs. Mnrgaret King, tho oldest In
habitant of Decatur county, died this
morning at tho residence of hor daugh
ter, MrB. Frank Lnhrer, In thin city,
ngnd 109 years, says a Grecnsburg, Intl.,
dispatch to tho Indianapolis Journal.
Sho waa born near Whlto Oaks, Ohio,
In 1791, and camo to this stnto with
her parents In 1802, locating near Vo-
vay. whoro sho witnessed tho carrying
n wny Into cnptlvlty by tho Indians of
an older slater. Sho was tho mothor
of 13 chlldron, seven having gono be
fore at advanced years,
Mi
One Man Killed and Another Severely
Injured,
SNOWSTORM CAUSE Of DISASTER
I'lunenper Train Under Full IWnilirnr
When Collision ccur Arjeil Couple
Killed on Hull In Vlntto County MU
ellnuenna Ncurntkn Mntteri.
JOHNSON, Neb., March 23. A
head-end collision on tho Burlington,
In which ono mnn lost his llfo nnd
another wns severely Injured, occur
red about Uirco mllos oast of John
son. A bunding snow storm was rag
ing nt tho time and It Booms to bo
hnrd to dotermlno who Is accountable
for tho accident.
Between Auburn nnd Johnson aro
two or throe country sidetracks at
tho stone quarries. It is no unusual
thing for tho frolght train to take
theso BldotrackB to allow tho passen
ger trains to pass. Aftor waiting
somo tlmo for tho frolght, pnisenger
train No. 98, Conductor Cronkhlto In
charge, left Johnson oast, probably bc-
llovlng tho frolght was on ono of tho
sidetracks mentioned. At tho sr.mo
tlmo freight No. 113, In charge of
Conductor Burllnghnm, wns stuck In
a snowdrift at tho point stated.
Tho passonger train got under full
headway and on nccount of tha blind
ing blizzard uono nt trainmen on.
cither train know of Uie impending
(iccidcnL
Tho engineer nnd fireman on the
frolght Jumped nt tho moment of col
lision. Engineer Grorgo McMlllen of
tho pasnengor Jumped and suffered a
broken leg, but Fireman Fred Jensen
of tho passongor wnn not bo fortu-
nnto. Ho wns caught In tho wreck of
his englno and soalded to death by
escaping steam. No ono elso wns In
jured, nsldo from bolus considerably
shaken up. Both engines woro con
siderably Btovo up nnd ucvcral earn
wero detailed.
Hy Mullet unci Itope.
IIOLDREGE, Nob., March 23. Tho
sulcldo of Andrew Johnson, a well-(o-do
Norwegian farmer, living north
west of horo near tho Wcstmnrk post-
office, occurred Monday. Tho roport la
that ho flrst hung nnd then shot him
self. Ho wna dead whon found by his
wlfo whon Bho went to call him to
breakfast. Mr. Johnson was nn old set
tlor. It is reported- thnt ho had boen
montnlly unbalanced for somo time.
Ho leaves n wlfo and two daughters.
Trnl n Kill A (red Coupla.
COLUMBUS, March 23. Joslah
McFarland, aged 78, nnd hla wife,
aged 75, woro instantly killed nt a
grndo crossing ono mllo wost of tho
city. Thoy hnd left homo to como to
town. About eighty rods from the
houso tho road crosses tho Albion
branch of tho Union Paclllc. Train
No. 70 struck thorn on tho crossing
nnd thoy wero both iiiBtanlly killed,
though their horso was uninjured.
Cnnl Dlncovereil nt lteiitrlre.
BEATRICE, Nob., March 23. A
splendid spoclmon of coal was discov
ered hero by workmen who wcro en
gaged in oxcavntlng for brick clay,
ono mllo from tho po3tofllok Whon
thoy had excavated twenty-flvo foot
thoy Btruck a thin lnyer of ohnlo and
directly underneath thoy found coal.
Tho voln Is two foot In thickness,
nnd Robert Klose, who has a lease on
tho land, will mnko further develop
ments.
Million tn the Kenoe 1'ont.
LEIGH, Nob., March 23. Andrew C.
Peterson was found dead, hanging to a
fonccpost. Ho had lived with his son
Andrew, fifteen miles -801111101131 of
Leigh. Tho man had mado a ropo out
of Bovcral pieces of binding twlno, tied
It around his neck nnd hung tho loop
of tho othor end over tho top of a
foncopost. Whon found his lifeless
form was In a sitting iosture, partially
resting on tho ground.
Itlch Orhre lledn.
PONCA, Nob., March 23. Do Noro &
Ludwig of Ponca havo taken n mlnoral
loose on several hundred ncrcs of land
lying at tho moutht of tho Iowa, near
tho Missouri, on which they claim to
havo found valuable deposits of red
nnd yellow ochre.
AhIi llliln on Letter lloxei.
WASHINGTON, March 21. Tho
Postollk'o department has Issuod n call
for bids for furnishing Btrcct lottor
boxes to tho government for tho next
four years, for uso In cltlos through
out tho country.
Arudeinjr Ntiedn I'uriiln.
CHADRON, Nob., March 23. The
tniBtoes of Chudron acadomy mot and
decided to inaugurate a vigorous cam
jnilgn during tho coming wook to raise
funds for current oxponsos. Row
Theodore Clifton, D. D ot Chicago, Is
horo nnd will start tho movomont b
two vigorous nppcnls to tho pooplo of
Chadron for necessary monoy to pay
current expenses for this Institution.
It Is expected thnt a hearty response
will bo given.
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