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MOST UNCANNY SPOT.
BLOOD-CURDLING FEATURES IN
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS.
KxperUnrrs of Night Explorers CaTrrna
Filled with Ghosts and Perils Strange
2X&T& m turn "mlu?r Wrirti Bound
and Sight.
HE most uncanny
spot on the face of
the earth is very
likely within the
boundaries of the
Superstition moun
tains In Arizona,
says the San Fran
cisco Call. The
name was given
this range of vol
canic rock by the
(ndlana, and never waa name more ap
propriate. Of course the educated
man of today knows all of the strange
ind weird phenomenon to be seen there
ire the result of natural causes and
tan be easily explained, but the poor
Indian who knows not these things can
lardly be blamed for having a whole
lome fear of any' part of the range.
The Btories the Indians tell of the
Superstition mountains would take
months to repeat, but the idea of all
)f them seems to impress the fact that
ihe arch field who presides over the
lomain has a hatred of the red man
ind is constantly laying traps to de
troy him. All who enter the realms
f horror do so at the risk of never
:oming back, and all who do come
some back have eome new tale to add
lo the already long list. The most ter
rible things told of are the swinging
'tones that turn out from the walls of
i canyon and crush the passer by.
Then there are places where the ghosts
aance; trees that reach out their
branches and entangle all who come
near them. There are caverns filled
with witches and devila and awful
birds that make the strangest sounds.
The ever . progressive Salvation
Army has Just added to Its equipment
what many people consider its most at
tractive feature. The latest novelty
of this up-to-date organization, and the
one which is shortly to come to New
York, Is called the "Singing Battalion,"
and Is attached to the Western divis
ion, which has its headquarters at Chl
oago. Its members are all women offi
cers of the army, and have been se
lected with a special view to their
comeliness. As a result the new corps
makes a charming appearance, and, as
each of these pretty girls is attired in
the costume of her native country, the
effect is extremely picturesque. The
Idea of organizing this band of singers
of all nations grew out of a desire on
the part of the army commanders in
different sections to reach people of
etery nationality in the most direct
and effective way. There were plenty
of fine Bingere in the army, but they
Wild animals by the thousands come
light out of the solid rocks. Fishes
with legs come from the lakes and
drown all within their reach. Fire and
smoke and horrible groans and howla
fill the air on all sides.
To see the weird aspect of this un
canny region is best to select that time
of the month when the moon is full.
The most Interesting portion is in a
canyon that opens on the north side
of the range, and if an explorer will
manage to get about ten miles into
this during the daytime, and, after se
lecting a quiet spot, wait for the moon
to rise, he can have an experience he
will never forget. But don't go unless
your nerves are strong.
In most parts of the world silence
comes with the night Just the reverse
seems to be the ease in the Supersti
tion mountains. Or Is this imagina
tion? But euddenly the air is rent
with the most unearthly shriek that
ever fell on mortal ears. Again and
again It comes and rolls and echoes
through the canyons, getting weirder
with each reverberation. The cry is
taken up on all sides until the moun
tains seem tike pandemonium.
But nerve yourself and pass on. Keep
to the bottom of the canyon and you
will be In no danger of a fall. Silence
will come again and If you keep on you
will soon come to a cone shaped moun-
tain rifting before you. Approach clos
' r and a castle is perfect as any on
the banks of the Rhine will appear
perched on Its summit When near
enongh, a soft muffled sound of foot
steps will be heard. What is It? By
looking carefully a procession of pan
thers can be seen walking around the
cone shaped mountain, as if guarding
the castle on the summit.
flound and round they go, looking
neither to right nor left, and though
considerable noise is made they will
not notice it Many old hunters say
that it is possible for a man to walk
right across the line and the panthers
will not attack him.
Farther up the canyon are numerous
gulches intoKvhlch the moonlight falls.
One of them has a sort of overhanging
ledge and beneath It appears a crowd
of men. Surely they a 41 talking, for
their arms appear to moe, their heads
turn from side to side. Some have on
white clothes and others appear to
be of different colors. A .peculiar
sound like the murmur of voices fills
the air.
By climbing a small canyon to the
Jeft the most startling sight in the
mountain can be seen. Surely it is not
of this world. The canyon suddenly
terminates in a gulch that crosses it
from eide to side. At first sight it is
only an abyss of inky blackness. Lis
ten! A peculiar rumbling sound can
be heard and from the profound depth
a white robed figure will appear; then
another and another, until there is a
whole procession of ghosts passing
over the brink. ,
Many of them will wave their arms,
as if beckoning the observer. While
this is going on clouds will appear to
float in from the sides and perhaps
thunder will be heard in the distance.
But the procession moves on and
passes up a canyon and finally disap
pears over a cliff. Silence will follow
and the act will be repeated. This
canyon cannot be traversed farther,
but by turning back and entering a
small valley on the other eide three
giants can be seen in conference. They
are sitting close to a tree and their at-
PRETTY SALVATION ARMY MAIDS.
all sang in English, and this language
was unintelligible to thousands of
lately landed foreigners who came to
the meetings. It was not feasible to
give songs in all the living tongues, but
it was comparatively easy to find mem
bers of the army belonging to all the
different countries represented In the
various audiences. . So pretty girls
from Japan, Russia, Roumania,
Sweden, France, Scotland, Holland
and even Turkey, were pressed into
service and Instructed to provide them
selves with becoming costumes, mod
elled after those common to their sev
eral countries. The result was that
this novel band le creating a furor
through Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan
and" the other Western states which It
has visited. In the coal and iron min
ing districts which are scattered
thickly over these states, a large pro
portion of the workmen are foreigners,
and when they discovered that the
titudes show them to be interested In
what one of them Is saying.
Farther up the canyon there is a
large cliff and behind it at intervals
can be seen flashes of light. Thunder
follows and the earth beneath your
feet will shake. Possibly one of the
flashes may throw you to the ground,
and you can hear the hissing of ser
pents near by. If you happen to be
In the right place you can hear a grind
ing sound and a rock on top of a cliff
will swing outward. But it won't fall,
as the next shake will swing it back.
Dozens of experiences like those
Just related are likely to befall the
night explorer In the Superstition
mountains, so that when daylight
comes he will feel as if he has been to
the Infernal regions or with Alice In
Wonderland.
Peach Marmalade.
Delicious peach marmalade may be
made from very ripe, soft peaches,
wiped carefully, but not peeled; cut in
halves, remove the stones; allow half a
pound of sugar to every pound of
peaches. Put the peaches in a pre
serve kettle, add water to cover, and
bring slowly to a boll; stir and mash
the peaches; add the sugar with a
handful of peach kernels pounded to a
paste, boll and etir until thick , and
smooth, being careful not to scorch;
put away in glass jars. Apple and
pear marmalade may be made in the
same way .
ITALIAN ANTIQUITIES.
Am tlndargroond lridi la rasas
Sp'te of Legal Interdictions.
Some Jays ago a well-known dealer
in antiquities offered for sale to the
Louvre museum, in Paris, a splendid
collection of ancient silver vases from
Italy or Greek or Italian workmanship,
6ays the London News. The museum
was unable to pay the price asked
20,000 and declined the bargain. The
Italian minister of education, having
learned of this, has taken proceedings
under the Pacca law against Sig. dl
Prisco, the owner of these antiquities.
The latter is a large land owner at
Bosco Reale. He secretly made excava
tions on his estate and found twenty
eight silver vaees of remote antiquity
Notwithstanding the Italian law pro
hibiting owners of antiquities from
sending them oiit of the country with-
out leave, or, rather, on account of this
law, which prevents old works of art
from commanding anything like' their
natural price in the impoverished coun
try, Sig. di Prisco smuggled his find
out of Italy and offered it to a Paris
dealer for 5,000. Continuing mean
while his search, he found other silver
vasee, which duly Joined their fellows
in Paris, and the whole lot waa offered
to the Louvre. The Italian minister of
education throws interesting light on
the facilities which underpaid officials
are supposed to afford illicit exporters
of antiquities. He issues a notification
that, should any officials be found to
have connived at this latest evasion of
the Pacca law, they will be criminallv
prosecuted.
Burled Thermometer.
Recent observations made by Prof.
A. Agassiz in the Calumet and Hecla
mine, near Lake Superior, to ascertain
the rate at which temperature in
creases toward the center of the earth
give a slower rate of increase than has
been found in previous recorded obser
vations. The observations were made
at various depths by placing register
ing thermometers in holes drilled ten
army had girl singers who came from
the Fatherland they flocked to . the
meetings in great crowds. By giving
their gatherings this international
character the army has brought with
in its influence many people who
would otherwise have remained away.
Often when a little family of Swedes
or Polanders, for instance, have sat
through one of the Singing Battalion's
concerts one of the men will leave his
seat and, stepping up to the young offi
cer who happens to wear the costume
of Lis country, address her in his own
language. His delight Is touching'
when he hears her kindly response in
his own familiar tongue. The dia
logue, which is as much enjoyed by
one as the other, usually ends by the
army lassie Joining the family group
and volunteering to sing for them re
ligious songs with which they have
been familiar eince childhood. New
York Journal.
feet into the rock and plugged with
wood and clay. After the thermome
ters had remained in place three
months the hles were opened and the
results obtained. The highest tempera
ture recorded at a depth of 4,580 feet
was 79 degrees Fahrenheit. At a depth
of ten feet the rock temperature was
59 degrees. Between these limits there
was a column of rock, or 4,475 feet,
with a difference of temperature of 20
degrees, or an average increase of 1
degree for each 223.7 feet. The obser
vations in the St. Gothard tunnel gave
an increase of 1 degree for each 60 feet
and those of Lord Kelvin elsewhere
made the Increase degree for each 61
feet. The thickness of the crust of the
earth deduced from Lord Kelvin's rate
of increase of temperature downward
was twenty miles; from the St Gothart
rate, twenty-ix miles. Prof. Agassis'
rate would make the crust over eighty
miles thick. It' is conceded, however,
that the close proximity of the enor
mous mass of cold water in Lake Su
perior is a poseible source of error in
observation made in the Calumet and
Hecla mine. Popular Science Monthly.
A Chicago Circle of The King's
Daughters combines its Bible and art
studies. The latter, an outlined in The
Silver Cross, is based on photographs
ot scripture subjects, and the corre
sponding Bible text &n context ar
studied at the same time with the picture
NC AN DESCENT LAMPS.
Uow the Horned-Oat Filament May
Si
Keplaced and Kenewed.
It has been generally supposed to be
a fruitless tass to attempt the renewal
of a burnt-out incandescent electric
lamp, although there appears to be
some economic fallacy involved in the
destruction of what is, except in one
small if important particular, a perfect
piece of apparatus. It is not intended,
as a rule, to give in this column de
scriptions of American devices or
achievements drawn from foreign pub
lications. This subject has, however,
been taken up by the English Journal,
Industries and Iron, and although it
states that an American process for re
newing these lamps after the filament
has been broken, has been developed, it
does not give the name of inventors nor
tate that the process has come into
anything like general application. Its
description of the operation is, there
fore, given for what it is worth. ' It
states that a commercial success has
been made of a' process for renewing
burned-out lamps which renders possi
ble the use of the old bulb at a very
slight expense. By the new method
the collar or bare end of the lamp Is
not disturbed, the old filament being
removed and the new one placed
through a small hole in the lamp bulb
made by removing the tip. The small
holejs subsequently closed exactly in
the same manner as in the case of the
new lamp, leaving nothing to indicate
In the finished repaired lamp that it
had ever been opened. It is stated that
some 400,000 lamps have been repaired
by this method, the filament being in
serted through the small hole referred
to by a skilful twist of the hand and
secured in position by a special carbon
paste. The black deposit on the inside
of the bulb Is removed by fitting the
lamp to the holder and removing it in
gas furnace; while immediately fol
lowing this operation, a small glass
tube is fused to the opening made in
the bulb, through which the lamp is
exhausted. When this has been done
and the last trace of air and gas ab
sorbed, a -blow-pipe flame is directed
upon the throat of the tube, which is
melted into the point exactly in every
respect a counterpart of the original
lamp.
COULDN'T AGREE.
A Jury of Lawyers That Disgusted
the
Judge.
"I think it was in 1839," said an old
member of the Cleveland bar to a
Cleveland Leader man, "when the Su
preme court Judges used to go from
county to county, on horseback or In
buggies, and hold court. On the occa
sion referred to court was being held
in the courthouse that stood on the
south side of the public square. The
judges were: Judge Hitchcock, Eben
ezer Lane, Reuben Wood and Frederick
Grimke; Harvey Rice was clerk and
M. R. Kieth deputy. The case on trial,
and in which the late Sherlock J. An
drews and Henry. B. Payne were at
torneys, I believe, was one concerning
a contract and a jury was demanded.
There were not so many people hang
ing around the courthouse as there are
now, waiting for a jury job, and Judge
Hitchcock immediately ordered a
Jury of the lawyers present. The legal
gentlemen tried every way to get out
of it, but the judge was inexorable.
Twelve lawyers were selectd and sent
into the box. I don't remember all the
names now. but there were Herman
Hurlbut.Woolsey Wells, Edward Wade,
and, I believe, Messrs. Bolton and
Kelly. Finally the case was concluded
and the jury sent out. They were lock
ed up for the day and returned at
night with the word that they could
not agree. Judge Hitchcock said they
ought to agree and sent them back for
another day. In vain they pleaded im
portant business; there was no help for
them. At the end of the second day
they reported that they could not agree.
Word was sent back that the court saw
no reason why they could not agree and
that they must try " - in. But in
vain. At 2 o'clock ..c third day
they were called out, and as there was
no possible hope of their agreeing they
were discharged. Judee Hitchcock
was disgusted and I don't helieve that
he ever held another case before a jury
of that kind." ,
Salvage From Ocean.
Some money, part of S100.000 in Bra
zilian paper currency, lost in the wreck
of the steamer Buenos Ayres. on the
coast of Brazil, between Pernambuco
and Rio Janeiro, six years ago, has
ust turned up in a fishing village north
of Oporto in Portugal. The British
company that paid the insurance re
cently received an anonymous letter
from Portugal, which they put in the
hands of the- Portuguese police, who
have already recovered $1,500. The
case containing the money was picked
up by Oporto fishermen, fishing on the
Brazil coast, who divided It among
themselves and said nothing; they
vowed to give part of it to the church,
and were betrayed for not keeping their
vow.
,
In the Dark.
Bobbie I guess that fellow must be
engaged to sister by this time. "Why
Bobbie?" "Last night when I looked
through the keyhole I couldn't 'see a
hing." Brooklyn Life.
A Happy Couple.
now uo you ana your wife get
you and your
ilong?" "Oh, swimmingly, swimming
ly! We are as happy as though we
were divorced." Fliegende Blaetter.
Poor Soul.
An exchange announces on the death
of a lady that "she lived fifty years
with her husband and died in confident
nope of a better life." Texas Sifter.
It is a great mistake for the young to
despise what the old have learned by
ixperlence.
A WATER CLOCK.
A Beautiful Piece or Work that Requires
Winding.
One of the attractions of the beauti
ful Monte Pincio garden, at liome. is
a really unique clock, which is usually
an object of interest to groups of passers-by.
A description of this curious
and artistic piece of mechinism is
given by the Horologieal Keview:
The case is composed of three
branches in rustic work. It stands
upon a square stone block, surrounded
on its four sides by beautiful leaf
plants, ivy and grasses,
foot stands within a water
The stone
Viflsin Tim
ppper part of the case contains a dial
covered with glass on each of its four
sides. Lpon the cupola stands a staff.
which carries the two bells for the full
hour and the quarters. At its upper
end is a small vane in the shape of a
battle axe.
The frame for the wheel and levers
of the striking work, in which a small
centrifugal pendulum takes the place
of the fly, is close underneath the dial.
At the back of the clock frame oscil
lates the second pendulum, and before
this is located a mass of rustic work,
similar to a large coral growth, from
which issue two small jets of water at
regular intervals. Two of the upper
most coral branches are water conduit
pipes, from which flows alternately, at
each swing of the pendulum, a small
quantity ot water into two leaflike
spoons underneath, imparting to them
an up and down motion.
The peculiar motive power furnished
by the water keeps the clock in mo
tion by a very remarkable escapement,
so that it nev- requires winding. The
construction oi '.he clock is due to a
monk, as is the with so many old
pieces of art r
TreLatest Society Fad.
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iidwin F. Leopold & Co., 802 Colum
I i:s Memorial Building, 103 State street.
All the latest novelties in cuff buttons,
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he finest. Correspondence solicited,
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stamp for our circular and cards.
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St Louis is the largest tobacco man
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OPTICAL
COLLEGE.
(Department Lincoln Medical College,)
Optician! diplomas granted; six weeks' course
thorough, practical; bneineas remunerative, nn
limited. Open to any ambitions man or woman
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an Expert Optician. Fees low. Enclose stamp
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Oenllst and Anrlst,
mOHAND BLOCK. LINOOLN, NEBRASKA.
Every Thursday evening a tourist
sleeping car for Salt Lake City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Oma
ha and Lincoln via the Burlington
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rattan; has spring seats and backs, and
is provided with curtains, bedding,
towels, soap, etc. An experienced ex
cursion conductor 'and a uniformed
Pullman porter accompany it through
to the Pacific coast.
While neither an expensively furnished
nor as fine to look at as a palace sleeper
it is just as. good to ride in. Second
class tickets are honored, and the price
of a berth, wide enough and big enough
for two is only $5.
For a folder giving full particulars call
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TELEGRAPHY, ETC.
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Special aetention giveu to preparatory
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Before deciding what school to attend
write for full information or call at
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entrance.
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President. ' Secretary.
W. CV'TEPIIEXS, Treasurer.
This school is Klrlner Its stndents (food work
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Will visit any part of the
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1 7, 1 8, 1 9, Burr Blk., Lincoln, Neb.
Nebraska
Crop report.
1875 Good crop.
1876 Good crop.
1877 Good crop.
1878 Good crop.
1879 Good crop.
1880 Short crop.
1881 Good crop.
uood crop.
1883 Good crop.
1884 Good crop.
1885 Good crop.
1886 Good crop.
1887 Short crop.
1888 Good crop.
188i)-Bitr crop.
lasMi i-ailure.
1891 Good crop.
1892 Good crop.
1893 Short crop.
189 l-Failure.
1895 Fair crop.
1896 Big crop.
T k at the record for 22 years.
What b ate cun show a better one. Cut
this out and mail it to your friends in
the east and tell them the Burlington is
the direct line to Nebraska.
Q. W. BONNELL, C. P. and T. A.
Lincoln, Neb.
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