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M % ' STANLEY'S EXPEDITION HEARD FROM.
$ .Y. ' 3he Iii/ovmitlt'in , llnwrvcv , it Xot of Very
E /,1 Itrcent Date.
, fep- ' A Zanzibar special says : Couriora
Wr ' ' tfrom Tnbora bring direct nows from the
I j i • Stanley oxpedition , a portion of which
\m \ was mot at the end of November , 1887 ,
jj 'I by Araba trading between the lakea
\\r \ \ A."Victoria Nyanza and Nifiiprno ami Ta-
. - ' * 'bora. '
j. These Arabs met Stanley's rear
\x \ guard at a point west of Albert Nyanza ,
\h \ -southeast of Znngn the
• , just as expedi-
IfX f\ * ; t5on VlM Preparing to cross the swamps
U . x / -caused by the radiation of streams that
j , - " abound in that country. Tho Arabs did
j . , ' . ' 'not see Stanley. Tho detachment seen
j * \ -consisted of thirty mon. Thoy stated
j * V ' 'that ' Stanloy wns two days ahead. Tho
\ * ' . expedition had suffered greatly on tho
p * : ' march through a thick forest. It was
} h impossible to advanco more than a mile
\ ; " . and a quarter daily. Thoy had also suf-
i r fored in the marshes , whero many had
jr. ; • disappeared or died. Forty were
Hi , drowned in crossing a great river flow-
j- ing from east to west. One white man
I " t had died. Stanloy was obliged to fight
t" some tribes that refused to supply him
| | " * with provisions. Tho expedition had
I * -often halted in tho expectation of re
ceiving reinforcements from tho Congo ,
j- The rear guard at tho time of the meot-
\ \ . " ing had only been on tho march five
II -days after a halt of three weeks duo to
I ? the illness of Stanley and a great part
j -of tho escort , who had been attacked
I with fever. The Arabs estimate tho to-
f "tal strength of tho expedition , after all
v losses , at 2-jO men.
t Tho health of Stanloy was then good.
I I t The rear guard , which consisted of na-
y 'Uvea of Zanzibar , stated that Stanley
had decided that ho would no longerarf-
f "vauco in a northeasterly direction , but
J would striko toward the north , hoping
'
) to avoid tho swamps. After getting a
| -certain distance north he intended to
ij - take an oblique lino to tho eastward and
k go straight to Wadelai , whore it was
I ? thought ho would arrive fifty da3s later ,
i nbout tho middle of January , 1888. The
I * Arabs were of tho opinion that the ex-
II • ' .podition was still strong enough to reach
\ Wadelai.
* It will bo remembered that on August
1 information was received from Zanzi-
\ bar that two messengers had arrived
! 'there who had left the interior about tho
i l' beginning of April , and who reported
i 'that Stanloy had not arrived at Wade-
* lai up to tlyvt timo. The messengers
il stated that in the month of March Einin
I Pasha did receive Home vague and indo-
• cisive news of tho expedition , which had
filtered through from tribe to tribe , but
| ' 'that tho reports wero very conflicting.
Somo declared that Stanley , after losing
a number of men and a large portion of
I his supplies , was hemmed in by hostile
| , tribes between tho Maboda country and
tho Albert Nyanza , while other rumors
| wero to the effect that he had been at-
I tacked by the tribes in tho Matongora-
J Mino district and after several conflicts
"had diverted his oourse in an unknown
' direction.
Changes in the Burlington Officials.
Chicago dispatch : H. B. Stone has
I been appointed second vico president of
> the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy sj-s-
tem. E. P. Ripley succeeds Mr. Stone
! ms. general manager of the Chicago ,
| . " Burlington & Quincy east of the Mis-
I' souri river. Tho changes took effect
| | to-da } ' .
I In mentioning tho changes the Times
I prints the following : "Tho stand taken
by Mr. Stono on the labor question is
said to have had nothing to do with
bringing about the present change in
I "his duties , as his course during the
.strike , whether prudent or imprudent ,
was sanctioned , and perhaps to some
I- 'extent directed , by those higher in
} -luithority. At tho same time , it is the
* belief of many disinterested persons
that tho change will have tho effect of
-calming the prejudices that exist in cer-
* j ' tain quarters on account of the attitude
ji -of the management during the strike ,
I - and will therefore be beneficial to the
iL -company. There is some speculation
if as to whether Paul Morton will succeed
iKs Mr. Bipley in tho position of traffic
f | "manager or remain at the head of the
il Ireight department. This seems to be
jt i i question not definitely settled. "
] Z _ . . . Sloves In Steam Cars Musi Go.
ft. Albany ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The railroad
If" -commissioners have granted extra time
ii until Jan. 1,1889 , to the Pullman Palace
* -car company , tho "Western New York and
l > " Pennsylvania railroad company , Central
Vermont , lessees of tho Ogdensburg and
j Xake Champlain , Delaware and Hudson
| -canal company , Delaware , Lackawanna
\ rand "Western company , Northern Cen-
* tral company of Pennsylvania , Grand
j , "Trunk railway of Canada Adirondack
V " Bailway company , Pennsylvania & New
j | "York Canal & Bailroad company , Elmira ,
iy -Cortland & Northern Bailroad company ,
, LFitchbiirg " Bailroad company , and New ,
. York , Lake Erie & "Western Bailroad to
• comply with the provisions of chapter
V 189 of tho laws of 1888 , in respect to
r Iieatinjr their passenger cars other than
) [ , T > y stoves or furnaces kept iuside tho car
* . -or opened therefrom.
The Newburg , Duchess & Connecticut
> "Bailroad company is granted until
\ * November , 18S9 , and tho Long Island
, . * , Bailroad company until Dec. 1 , 1888 , to
r -comply with the law.
' Wi > In the matter of the application of the
; - "Wagner Palace Car company from an ex-
-emption from the law incases where pas-
, t ' seuger cars are run on the lines of rail-
r roads exempt from the operation of the
I statute , or when cars are received from
; * -other roads not required to heat their
-cars by steam , the board sees no reason
why the fires in the cars of this company
* , coming into the state from the Grand
Trunk railroad of Canada , or other lines ,
should not be dumped after the cars en-
\ * ter the state and the steam apparatus put
§ I ' 'Into operation.
I °
I. Must Go Back to the Stale Courts.
I Chicago dispatch : Judge Greaham
has remanded to the superior court the
. -suit of J. J. Dickey and other heirs oi
| -Judge T. Lyle Dickey against Abbie M.
Baker and other heirs of Mrs. Beulah
* C. Dickej' . This is a suit to set aside
'the will made by Judge JDickey , giving
= all his property to his wife , Mrs. Beulah
t C. Dickejon the ground that she un-
i -duly influenced him to make a will in
I her favor. The case was removed from
j "the state courts on the ground that all
I -state judges , from their long acquaint
ance with Judge Dickey , were preju-
j -diced in favor of his heirs. Judge
l Gresham , in remanding the case , said
' 'that tho statement was almost too ridio-
i • * ulousto merit comment As the suit
• could not have been brought originally
1 in the federal court , the judgo said it j
must go back to the state court * . ,
& _ ' A Newspaper Man's Good Luck.
P > * ' "Philadelphia dispatch : A large num- •
'bar of master car builders were present
ihere to-day and negotiations were com- ,
fc ploted with Charles C. Brown , an ext
I "newspaper man , for the purchase of a J
F -two-third interest in hia newly invented 1
-combination spring and air cushion for t
! freight and passenger cars. Mr. Brown 1
Teoeives $70,000 in cash January 2 nw t
A. large offer for the remaining third in-
- iterebt was refused by the inventor. I
f * ]
\ The United States imports annually ]
tf * : about 80,000 ponnds of vanilla beans , 1
* valued at $400,000. Nearly all of it M
- * -cornea from Mexico and.Franco. (
A GALA DAY AT HAMBURG.
Kmpernr William , Van MollJcr , ami Other
JHithitJtihhrd I'rrtmin I'retriit.
ITamburg dispatch : Emperor "Wil
liam , Genoral Von Moltko and Count
Herbert Bismarck wero present at tho
ceremonies to "commemorate tho inclu
sion of the city in the customs union.
The emperor inspected tho guard of
honor and drove through tho city ,
Counts Von Moltko and Herbert Bis
marck following in a separate carriage.
The progress of tho kaiser through the
streets was triumphant , and he bowed
repeatedly in acknowledgment of tho
cheers of the people. He was conducted
by tho senators from Brooksbridgo to
tho sceno of tho festivities , whero a
stono was placed in commemoration of
Hamburg's inclusion in tho German
Zollverein. Arriving upon the scone
tho emperor took a trowel and mallet ,
and tapping the stone twice said : "For
God's honor , for tho good of tho father
land and tho welfare of Hamburg. "
Tho htono was then declared duly laid.
Subsequently tho emperor and his party
boarded a steamer and traversed the ca
nal to tho New Elbe bridge , also in
specting the forts.
Tho party boarded anothor steamer
and proceeded down tho Elbe. The
kaiser stood on tho bridge of tho steam
er smoking and chatting with his com
panions. While tho emperor was thus
engaged , Prof. Delbruck approached
him and was about to kiss his hand.
The Kaiser , with a deprecating gesture ,
seized Delbrnck's hand and shook it
heartiby. The emperor later visited the
principal buildings , yards and docks.
On the steamer going down the Elbe
the emperor held a long conversation
with Mr. Carl Schnrz. A banquet was
given in honor of tho emperor at Kunst-
liall , at which there were sixty guests ,
including Count Herbert Bismarck and
Herr Von Boetticher and Dr. Von Coss-
ler. Dr. Peterson , first burgomaster of
Hamburg , in the name of the senate and
burgesses , welcomed the emperor , who
in the course of his reply , said : "I re
the festivities of in
gard to-day as an
heritance from my grandfather. The
work which was completed to-day forms
the first important service rendered by
the internal policy under niy rule. I
trust that God's blessing may rest upon
it ; that tho commerce of Hamburg will
rise to a height never before reached ,
and that you will alwaj's spread our
commerce , as well as our thoughts and
ideas , in foreign lands. Let us all drink
to tho prosperity and success of Ham
burg.
Berlin dispatch : The emperor , on his
return from Hamburg , was met at
Friedricksruhe this evening by the fire
brigade , which formed a guard of honor.
He arrived at 8 o'clock , and was wel
comed b\r Prince Bismarck. The meet
ing of tho kaiser and the chancellor was
extraordinarily cordial and tho enthusi
asm it evoked was manifested by the
cheers of the people.
Decision in Nebraska Land Cases.
Washington dispatch : The acting sec
retary of the interior to-day decided
three land cases involving the title to
certain tracts of land in Nebraska. Fre
mont Young appealed from the decision
of Commissioner Sparks refusing to
grant his application to cancel the home
stead entry for the northwest quarter of
section 23 , township G , north range 41
west , without prejudice to his right to
make a new entry for the northwest
quarter of section 5 , same township and
range in the McCook district. Young
claims to have made an error in selec
tion and files affidavit in support of his
good faith. His application to cancel
the original entry was filed within eight
( lays after filing the application. Sparks
found a lack of due care , but Acting
Secretary Muldrow does not concur in
that finding and reverses the decision.
In the contest case of North L. Over
ton vs. George L. Heskins , involving
the hitter's homestead entry for the
southwest quarter , section 27 , township
17 , north , range 21 , west , North Platte
district , in which the register and re
ceiver recommended the cancellation of
the entry , the contestee appealed and
Overton subsequently withdrew. The
acting commissioner holds that the Uni
ted States is still a party aud he there
fore returns the papers for considera
tion.
In the case of "William Holcomb'a
cash entrj * of the south half of the
northeast quarter and the east half of
southeast quarter , section 27 , township
2 , north , range 38 , west , McCook dis
trict , the entry man has filed a supple
mental proof since the appeal and the
case is returned to the general land of
fice for further investigation.
Who Wrote ihe Murchison Letter.
Los Angeles ( Cal. ) dispatch : The
rimes of this city , the paper that first
printed Lord Sackville's letter to the
Pomona inquirer , publishes what tho
uditor claims are the real facts connected
with the Murchison-AVest
- correspond
ence. Saj-s the Times :
"Information has been gathered di
rectly from the few persons who are on
tho inside and possessed of all the facts
in the case. The idea of writing a let
ter to Minister "West originated with
Murchison himself in the latter part of
August or early in September. He is a
reputable citizen of Pomona , of this
county , and is of English parentage. Tho
conception of the letter was his. He con
sulted a confidential friend in its prepar
ation. Murchison said on the outset ,
and before sending the letter , that the
object was not to perpetrate a joke or
gratify curiosity , but to get Minister
West's opinion on the topic embraced
in the letter. Murchison's letter was
Sated September 4 , and "West's an
swer September 13. The minister's let
ter was received at Pomona on Septem
ber 20 , and kept by the recipient till
October 19 , a full month , when it was
brought to Los Angeles by "W. A. Bell ,
an attorney of Pomona , and laid before
W. P. Fitzgerald , member of the repub
lican state committee ; Henry J. Gage ,
3elegate-at-large at the Chicago conven
tion ; Harrison Grey Otis , editor of the
Los Angeles Times , and one other man ,
a local candidate. They saw the im
portance of "West's letter from a political
point of view , and it was unanimously
determined by the persons present to
make the letter public without delay ,
which was done , the date of the first
publication here being October 2.
The New Acting Minister.
"Washington dispatch : Now that Lord
Jackville is , by the action taken by the
rovernment of the "United States yes-
erday , no longer a minister to this
lountry , the firstsecretary of tufrBrite'
ah legation naturally becomes the 3
ifficial representative of the government
> f Great Britain. Mr. Edwards , the first
lecretary , is absent , _ however , and will
lot return for some time , so that Michael
lerbert , who was recently made second
ecretary , is now acting minister. Her-
> ert recently arrived here from Europe ,
md is to be married to a lady of New
fork , who will thus become mistress of
he British legation for a time. At the
British legation silence is maintained ,
jord Sackville refused to see anyone
o-day and members of the legation who
rere seen said that all was uncertainty
s to his departure from "Washington.
* * * * > f * * % , A Jf * * * • * " " " ' J * * *
.
* i m. % ii > T i me
Miss Ewald's Piqtege.
Saturday Night. /
"Ho is handsome , bespeaks correct
ly , and thero is a kind of superb in
dependence about him that 1 admire.
"What a pity ho is only a farmerl"
Miss Ewald mused , looking over tho
fence at the reapers in the wheat field ,
and singling out Brian Jeffrey's
straight , well knit figure , in its cool
blue cotton overalls and blouse.
How easily and lightly ho swung
the scything cradle around , tho yel
low grain falling before tho glitter
ing blade.
Miss Ewald had been at Grass
lands a week. She was twenty-six
and thoroughly disgusted with the
world , or so she imagined when she
was elected to spend tho summer in
the country , instead of going with
her friends on the usual round ot
gayety at the watering places.
"I am tired of folly and fashion , of
society of everything , " she had said ,
and packing her trunks went away
to the loneliness , the cool , deep ,
shades , and the simple , primitive life
of Grasslands , bewildering Farmer
Jason and his comely wife with her
beauty and grace and city toilets ,
and making acquaintance with Brian
Jeffrey , the father's nephew.
"He is probably as old as I am ,
but with as little worldly knowledge
as I had at sixteen , " shifting her
white linen parasol a little , her eyes
still fixed on the blue clad figure in
the field.
A brilliant idea had shaped itself
in her mind during the week. She
would help the young man to a
higher plane of life point into the
intellectual world.
"Whynot ? " she had reasoned. "Of
course my friends , " with a slight
curl of her lip , "would deride the
plan ; but I see no harm in it. He is
here , shut off from the world with
no examples to stimulate ambition
or make him desire culture. "
The morning that she stood by
the fence , looking into the wheat
field , she decided to speak to him
about it offer , with tact and deli
cacy , to loan him books and papers ,
and her aid in turning his thoughts ,
into higher channels.
That evening , as she stood on the
veranda , gathering a bunch of creamy
roses for the bosom of her light blue
gown , he came and leaned against
the column near her.
The fading daylight seemed to
gather about her golden head and
lovely purely-colored lace , and the
young farmer's dark gray eyes were
fixed steadily on her. It was a good
time and place to unfold her purpose.
His face flushed , and he looked
down at his shapely , sunburnt hands ,
while she gently explained that all
her books and magazines were at his
service , and that she would be pleased
to have him read with her sometimes.
He seemed to catch instantly at
her full meaning , and the light in his
gray eyes almost startled her.
"Would you indeed be so kind to
an ignoraut , poor w * tch ? " he mur
mured.
Her face flushed.
"It is no great act of kindness , Mr.
Jeffrey. I understand the limitations
of your surroundings , and if you will
accept "
"I do , most gladly , gratefully ! " he
quickly interrupted. "In a country
neighborhood , where allor , nearly all ,
are on the same level where an
almanac and a Bible constitute a
library there in not much hope for
literary advancement. "
It was a strange summer to Bosa-
mond Ewald one utterly out of the
line of conventional experiences.
Never had teacher so apt a pupil ,
and the lines of study took a much
wider range than she had imagined.
Favorite authors were invested with
new interest , and she found all her
own mental faculties stimulated and
quickened. She had ever been weary
of life.
It was delightful to have such an
intelligent , sympathetic protege.
. "I never knew before that such a
simple act ot kindness could give one
go much pleasure. I felt like a differ
ent creature from the languid , en-
• nuied woman who came up here. "
One evening she was surprised and
delighted at the sound of a fine tenor
voice singing "My Queen" with an
eloquence of expression unexpected.
* She stepped to the parlor door and
saw Brian Jeffrey sitting before the
small , almost tuneless old piano ,
-playing and singing.
He stopped instantly at sight of
her.
her."I
"I did not know you could sing.
Mr. Jeffrey , " advancing into the
dimly lighted room.
"Only a little , Miss Ewald , " he
said , hastily , looking as guiity as if
he had been detected in a crime.
"You sing extremely well , and with
wonderful expression. "
Her frank , warm praise overmas
tered the self control he had been
putting upon himself for days.
He looked at her , a passionate fire
loaping to his gray eyes.
"I ought to sing that song well ,
with you always in my thoughts , "
he said , in a low , quick tone.
Her startled eyes met his ; she
turned away , but he caught her
hand.
"I know what presumption , what
madness it is , but I love you. Miss
Ewald Rosamond , my queen ! "
She flushed and paled.
"It may seem a poor return for all
your goodness to give you my heart ,
but it is an honest heart and "
Allthe haughty Ewald Mood flam
ed up. She snatched'her hand from
his grasp.
"Sir , you surely forget your sta
tion ! You presume unpardonablv
upon my favor. Let me pass. "
He grew white as death , bowed ,
aud stepped aside , and she went
proudly away to her own room , only
to throw herself on the bed when she
arrived there , sobbing like the weak
est schoolgirl.
Never in her life had such contend
ing emotions possessed her. Hot
waves of crimson swept over her
ifW fffiHF 1frHfaraWftaWf'tf ' iTins ' 'WiVrVTTinfYBnS'MlijB ' HnS
throat and face as she recalled his
words , the passion of his eyes.
Butslie had taught him alesson. He
treated her with perfect courtesy ; but
there wero no more delightful talks
and readings. He held gravely aloof ,
meeting her only at their meals , and
she lound tho time hanging heavily
on her hands.
A feverish unrest took possession
of her , and as the time for her re
turn to tho city drew nearer , she
grew graver and graver.
Ono day one of the children ran
breathlessly in , crying :
"The cotton gin's bus'ted , an' I
'spect Cousin Brian's killed !
Bosamond started to her feet and
ran bearheaded out into the yard ,
through tho gate and down tho lane
toward the gin. Killed ! Brian
Jeffrey , in all his strength and
youth , killed !
The hot sun beat upon her fair
head , dazzled her eyes ; she grew
faint.
"Miss Ewald ! " .
She stopped , looked up with a low
cry , then held out her hands.
He stood before her , untouched ,
unharmed.
"Oh , Brian , Brian , they told me
you had been killed ! Forgive my
wicked pride , my cruel words , for I
love you ! "
The truth was out at last the
truth she had been learning eversince
their estrangement.
He caught her hands and kissed
them passionately.
"Forgive you ? "What would I not
forgive you for those words , my
dearest ? As no lives wero lost I
thank heaven for the accident that
has caused the betrayal of your
heart. "
* • * * • •
Miss Ewald was at a reception ,
gowned in creamy silk and with dia
monds at her throat. It was the first
reception of the season , and her
friends gathered around her , declar
ing that the summer had mysterious
ly changed her , but the vivacious ,
laughing hostess bore her off to a
pretty music room.
"I want to introduce you to a
friend of my husband's , a fine musi
cian , wealthy , cultivated , who has
traveled and studied abroad as well
as in America. If you were not so
flinty-hearted Bosamond , I should
hope to make a match between you. "
Miss Ewald laughed softly as she
thought of Brian Jeffrey , and turned
the simple pearl ring he had placed
upon her finger.
What would her fashionable friends
say if they knew she had promised to
marry a farmer and loved him ?
The music room was deserted save
for a solitary figure standing before
the grand piano. Not until the gen
tleman turned , and her hostess said :
"Mr. Jeffrey ! " did she realize that it
was Brian himself who stood before
her in faultless evening dress , his face
and hands still showing the sunburn
of his labor at Grasslands.
"You deceived me ! " she cried , pale
with conflicting emotions , when they
were left alone.
"My dearest , you decieved your-
sels by taking it for granted that I
was an uncultivated tiller of the soil ,
and then it was too tempting to
learn all your sweet nature as my
benefactress. I made the family
promise not to undeceive you. Are
you angry , darling ? I called at
your home this evening to tell you of
your mistake , to ask your pardon
for the deception ; and learning you
were here , came on determined io
see you. The owner of Grasslands is
indeed my uncle . , and I went out
there to work this past season be
cause I needed outdoor exercise , and
because I liked farming. Bosamond ,
it was the happiest summer of mv
life. "
"And of mine. " she murmured at
last , her lips meeting his.
Then he sang "My Queen , " in a
way that drew half the guests to the
room ; and , with a happy smile , Miss
Ewald thought that her protege
would do her great honor.
They Should learn to "Work ,
One cf the common errors of rich
parents is the failure to teach their
children how to earn their own living
so that , should their fortunes melt
away , they would not be compelled
to live on charity. It is by no means
an uucommon thing to see men and
women , who have been reared in lux
ury , living in poverty , serving as
waiters or in some capacity where
they can barely earn the necessaries
of life. These persons have been "ed
ucated , " as generally understood ,
but they well illustrate the need oi
practical instruction. Possessing
only book learning , when thrown on
their own resources , they are helpless.
It is gratifying to see a tendency in
some quarters towards a different
course. A rich lady in this city ,
whose daughters speak various lan
guages , and have been otherwise ed
ucated in the conventional way , re
placed them in the kitchen to receive
practical instruction in cooking and
housework. Fortunately they sub
mitted with good grace and will soon
make bread , broil steak and do other
such work. In another family the
girls are learning dressmaking. The
late Charles Crocker , the California
millionaire , stated that he compelled
all his sons to learn some practical
way of earning their own living in
case the time should come when they
might have to do so.
It is best for the children of all
parents ; rich and poor that they
should have such an education.
Many parents regret , when it is too :
late , that they did not follow this
course. In connection with this mat
ter it is well to bear in mind the
great benefit that would flow
from a little more practical instruc
tions in schools. The step taken in
that direction by the partial addition
of manual training should be followed <
up by _ still more radical reforms. '
There is need of less "higher instruc- ]
tion" and more practical training. ]
New York News. j
- - ]
In Hartford , Connecticut , a jewelled .
casket was locked and given to • a 1
bride to be opened twenty-five years i
hence. "We do not know what it con- ,
tained , and venture to say that il :
the bride doesn't it will be pried open j
with a pair of scissors within a week. (
Jeweler's "Weekly.
. . .
sco'ouaffi Tirn i. 11 1 i r" i in nnn.i i nr i.h ulilMilil " - "
' ' - - * * " " ? " * > . - < r-r - * + l + . tf " .
The Dread of Death.
Juiilun ITpnri Browne , in tho Forum.
It is singular how small is the pro
portion of persons who have wit
nessed tho closing sceno of tho hu
man tragedy. Even physicians do
not see their patients expire so fre
*
quently as would be thought. But
what they see is sufficient to strip
death of its consternation. Their
presence at the umasking of tho fan
cied monster prepares them for the
inevitable. When their time comes
they go at least resigned through the
silent portal. They are no braver
than.othei's ' , but they have learned
not to be scared at spectres. Very
few men , in truth , are afraid to die
when the point comes. They do not ,
as may be supposed , relish it , and
they are anxious , as a rule , to live ,
so long as their chances are good
and they do not suffer. "Whensuffer
ing grows acute their desire dwarfs
( few of us but prefer death to pain ) ,
and when they lose hope they yield
themselves without a murmur.
I have seen , 1 repeat , an extraor
dinary number of persons die , and
my observation and experience con
tradict the current theories and opin
ions on the subject. At first I was
surprised at the evidence that they
revealed the actual truth. I remem
ber , though but a small boy at tho
time , the first man who passed away
before my eyes. He was patient ,
tranquil , philosophic , while conscious
of his doom. I had expected him to
be terrified , to perish in agony , and
the circumstance made an indelible
impression on my budding mind.
I have seen the last moment of deli
cate , highly nervous women who
would shriek at the sight of a spider
and who could not bear the mention
of death. Anyone who had known
them would have thought that their
closing scenes musb have been dis
tressing. They longed to live in the
beginning , but as they ebbed away
and were conscious of the fact , peace
and renunciation came to them. No
hero of a hundred fights could have
borne lingering illness and its end
more serenely. "Women , weak and
timid as they seem , are horrified as
they often are at tho grim monarch
while remote , are calm and intrepid
when he stands at their side. As he
advances to seize them they do not
blanch or sigh or complain. I have
wondered how persons who had ap
peared to be afraid of everything
would meet their fate , and yet they
have met it with equal mind and be
coming fortitude.
Trials of the Insurance Adjuster.
From the Boston Transcript.
The fire-insurance adjuster , who
goes about to verify people's losses
by little "conflagrations , " sees somo
very queer sights and hears some
very queer stories. One of fchem ,
who went up to the North End the
other day to adjust a loss in a Rus
sian Jewish household , was astonish
ed at the claims which the lady of
the house put in for two pillows ,
weighing sixteen pounds apiece ,
which she had brought over from the
old country and valued very highly.
A feather pillow weighing sixteen
pounds struck the loss adjuster as
an impossibility ; but evidently he
had not been familiar with the con
tinental style of feather pillow. Much
more interesting was the same ad
juster's experience with a Yankee
woman at the South End ; who sub
mitted this item among the losses
which she had scheduled in due
form :
WEARING AFPAREIj.
My husband's leg S15
As soon as the adjuster reached
this item of wearing apparel he pro
tested with some vehemence.
"Your husband was at the office
this morning , " • said he , "and he
seemed to be going about on two legs
as usual. "
"Oh , " said the wife , "this was his
spare leg that was busted. "
"Have you got the charred re
mains ? "
"Certainly , " said the lady. And
she produced from a shelf in the clos
et all that was left a dingy , burnt
stump of her husband's spare wood
en leg.
The agent was compelled to admit
that the wooden leg was undoubted
ly in the fire , but he questioned the
right to include it amongst "wear
ing apparel , " and as there seemed
no other classification for the article ,
the loss was not included in the rest.
The next time the good lady gets
out an insurance policy she will prob
ably make sure that her husband's
wooden leg shall be particularly
mentioned in the policy.
A Queer Cat Stcry.
From the Forest and Stream.
A correspondent tells a story
about a favorite cat that spends a
Gjood deal of her time in a cozy old
armchair. Her owaer last May put
four hen eggs into the chair by way
of seeing what puss would do with
bhem in order to make her bed more
comfortable. Strange as it may ap
pear , puss took kindly to the eggs and
in due time hatched four fine chickens.
For weeks after the chickens were
batched she licked them all over
3very day with her tongue , caressed
and fondled them as much as if they
liad been her own kittens. "When
ever the chickens strayed from the
nursery she carried them back in her
mouth as if they had been made of
the finest of glass.
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Laughter of Eecent Origin.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Because man is the only animal
ihat can laugh , wewould naturally
conclude that he has always laughed ,
aut such is not the case. At least ,
aughter , as our expression of
nerriment or pleasure , has only been
n vogue for a short time as com
pared with the age of the race. The
Puritans and Quakers who came to
} his country a couple of hundred years
igo held it to be a misdemeanor to
augh boisterously or heartily , and
jven to this day their descendants
: egard laughing as being indecorous ,
; f not actually unbecoming to a
Christian.
A LOST I.0TEB ,
1IY JA.MKH 1VIHTCOM1I mi.EY.
"IV < ih a Summer ago when he left mo here
A Summer of wmles with nover a tar ,
Till I said to him , with ft nob , my dear
Good-bye , my lover , good-bye !
For I loved him , oh , an the Htarn lovo nifcht !
And mv cheeks for him ( IiihIhmI red and whito
When firHt ho culled mo hia heart'H delight-
Good-bye , my lover , good-bye !
Tho touch of hiH liund was a thing divtno
Ah he Hat with mo in tho ho ft mnoiiHhino
Aud drank of my lovo h men drink wine-
Good-bye , my lover , good-bye !
And nover n night nn I knelt in prayer.
Tn a gown as whito uh our own houih were ,
But in funey he came and ho kiHued mo there-
Good-bye , iny lover , good-bye !
But now , oh , God ! whnt an empty placo
My wholo heart , in ! Of the old embrace
And the kiss I loved there liven no trace
Good-bye , my lover , good-bye !
He sailed not o\-cr tho stormy pea ;
And he went not down in tho waves nothe
But oh ! he i.s lout for he married wo
Good-bye , my lover , good-bye !
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
I1Y CLINTON F. MOSES.
A flock of greedy vultures hover
over Florida and scan her sandy hills
with eager eyes , searching for neglect
ed treasure on which to fatten. These
are the land speculators , into whose
ranks a desire for .quickly acquired
wealth had attracted me.
A strong motive had created this
desire. The faltering "yes" of Lucy
Lee , the belle of Sour Orange Bend ,
and the squire's answer that I must
possess a certain sum of money be
fore our hopes could be realized , had
sharpened my faculties to cut the
straightest road to fortune. That
fickle goddess , reserving her frowns
for a more worthy man , smiled gra
ciously on me and threw in my way a
tract of land which , if expertly handl
ed , would yield the stipulated amount.
I had not won Lucy's favor with
out a struggle. A frontier settlement
is a very democratic institution , and
Squire Lee's house was open to all.
The wise traveler regulated his speed
so that night would overtake him at
his hospitable door , and on the days
when he was called on to perform
magisterial duties the court and all
lookcrson would refresh themselves
at his table.
Through her father's popularity
and her own accomplishments Lucy
was the acknowledged belle , not
onlyot Sour Orange Bend , but of the
whole Ettonlock , late Lee , District ,
and when my successful suit was
known I became for a while the most
unpopular man in the district.
The native "crackers , " tough cow
boys and city-bred chaps roughing
it in the woods treated me as though
I had robbed them of their most
valued possession , and envious eyes
were constantly watching to report
anything which might overthrow my
supremacy.
Her most unfortunate wooer had
been a naturalized American , who a
few months previous had passed into
another world heartily hating me
for winning Lucy's heart. By his
death the tract of land which he held
under a government receipt passed
into the possession of a wealthy
German , and he , not wishing to re
nounce allegiance to the Fatherland ,
sold his right to me on very favor
able terms , and , having complied
with the law , I entered the quarter
section under the Homestead act.
As it was necessary to make a six
months' residence on the tract before
"commuting , " late one afternoon I
moved a few household articles into
the log cabin which my deceased pre
decessor had built.
The place had an abandoned and
desolate look , tall weeds grew before
the open door , and wild climbers half
dragged the stick and mud chimney
to the ground. A bunch of typical
Florida hogs , "razor-backs" as they
are aptly termed , half wild , very
strong as to muscle and taste , long
of leg and snout , thick of skin and
thin of body , rushed from beneath
the cabin , bristling with rage at be
ing disturbed.
Pausing for a moment as if deciding
whether to fight or retreat , their
council of war was quickly settled by
the appearance of my gun. They had
evidently felt the sting of busks hot
before and scampered away into the
dense saw palmetto thicket.
However , as I was a hardened
frontiersman , these things troubled
me but little , and , affer cooking a
frugal supper and turning my horse
loose to feed on the luxuriant crab
grass which covered the clearing
around the cabin , I composed myself
for a quiet night's rest.
As slumber soothed my senses with ;
its benign influence I vaguely won
dered what the departed owner of
the place would say if he could see me
in possession of his erstwhile prop
erty.
So strong had been his hatred that :
I felt sure if disembodied spiritscould i
revisit the earth he would come that ;
night and eject me from what , even :
in the spirit world , he would feel a
sort of proprietarpower over.
My superstitious neighbor. Billy ;
Lamb , had prepared me for a quiet ;
night by remarking that "there
wasn't enough money in Orange
County to pay him to sleep in the
room where "Wilhelm Bisehoff had
died. " I scorned such unmanly fears
and was soon asleep in the very room ;
where the poor consumptive had :
made his exit from this life. A shrill , <
alarming noise , which sounded to '
mj * drowsy ears like the neigh of a '
frightened horse , awoke me with a i
start. Looking out of the open door i
I could see by the light of a glorious i
August moon that my horse was ]
laboring under great excitement. i
An occasional bear or panther \
sometimes visited our settlement , i
and , supposing the disturbance to i
be caused by one of these , I slipped ' .
cautiously out , gun in hand , to an- '
nihilate "the varmint. "
But a careful search among the
luxuriant banana plants and wide-
spreading guava bushes failed to de- '
tect an intruder , and returning to
bed my sleep was haunted by a vision
of frightened horses and uncanny
beasts in pursuit. A monster horse ,
Crf a transparent greenish aspect ,
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* • * * • pactM y w ( .I f * " - " ' • * * W
blazing red eyes , followed them and ; IBj
planted his murderous boors on my p jl
breast ; a tiolenm funeral bell tolled w * |
twelve times and it cry of distresa pjf
sounded , a guttural Teutonic voice tjgji
calling my name. y2 |
I arose , and. led by an irresistiblo rai
power , stepped out into tho moon- JI
Stretched upon tho ground lay him | j
whom I supuosed was with tha dead. 1 ? | ]
Wilhelm Bisehoff , emaciated and 11
ghastly pale , an awful , revenge- -II
ful look on his face , his hands held 'f II
out as if begging help to rise , and aa • ? \l
I reached forward to assist him o , j
wild , mocking , unearthly laugh is- § 11
sued from his lips and he vanished. 11
Tho shock restored me to conscl- J |
ousness. I was standing in tho ; l |
moonlight , having wandered out of fll
doors asleep while under tho influ- jl
ence oia horrible nightmare brought , 11
on by midnight alarm. # JI
Trembling chilled I summoned my | |
will power to banish all feelings of II
terror , conscious that tho unusual | 1
experience could be reasonably ox- II
plained , and thus partially restoring jl
1113 * mind to its usual condition of !
calmness I turned to re-enter the cab- I
in , when that awful screaming cry I
filled the night with alarm again. ; I
No beast that I ever heard could ! I
utter such a torriblo cry , nor could j I
nightmares and dreams explain it , I
for I was awake and in full. posses- j | l
sion 01 my faculties. f *
In a time of danger animals seek '
man's protection. My horsegalloped ; I
up. whinnying with fright , but ho I
sought a poor defender , for , already I
unnerved by the terrors of a night- H
mare , the recurrence of that awful H
mocking laugh completely stampeded I
me.
me.Clad only in a scanty night gar- B
meat I leaped on the horse's back and fl
forced him over the low rail fence H
around the clearing. He headed him- H
self toward my nearest neighbor's H
house , a solitary bachelor like myself , H
the superstitious Lamb. H
My hallooes soon brought him to H
his cabin door , and his drawling in- H
quiry , "What's the matter , Charley ? H
you look half scared to death , " re- H
called my panic stricken senses. H
Ashamed to acknowlede the true rea- M
sou to him. I pretended a painful H
toothache , which made sleep impos- M
Bible , and asked if he had anything | H
that would relieve it. ! H
After what seemed to meshivering M
in the cool night air , an age , he re- M
turned with a flask of whisky , re- | H
commending that 1 hold a little on M
the afflicted nerve. M
I borrowed the entire flask on tho M
plea that the pain was very intense , M
and when safely away from his ob- M
servation applied it contents to the M
exorcising of the uncanny spirits ' M
which haunted me. M
My courage was renewed by the M
stimulating drink , and my revived M
mental faculties suggested that tho M
alarming laugh might be the work of M
an envious practical-joking revival. |
This solution of the mystery filled |
me with anger , for Lucy would be H
told how I had fallen a victim to a M
ridiculous fright , and my next visit H
to her would not be a pleasant one H
for me. So , hastily retracing my H
steps , I arrived at theclearingagain , H
watchful and alert , to detect the lo- H
cation of the sound should it be re- H
peated. H
Leaning forward to open the low H
gatOjthat wild mocking laugh sound- H
ed again as though uttered at my H
elbow. A hasty glance revealed only H
a few stunted orange trees , too bare H
to conceal even a shadow. That H
sound could not have been framed H
by human lips. H
My artificial courage quickly fled H
before this renewed manifestation of H
an invisible presence and turning my H
horse's head I urged him away , re- |
solved to quit the place forever. WA
Plunging through tlie forest he D
came to a sudden pau.se among the M
few graves which constituted the H
neighborhood's burying place. j H
By the bright light of the moon I j H
rea < d the inscription on the head- M
board : "Here rests Wilhelm Bisehoff , M
Born in Bremen , Germany ; Departed j H
this life far from his native land. H
May he slumber peacefully until that H
awful day when * ' I read no furth- H
From the very bosom of * the grave |
a mocking , scornful , wild revengeful M
laugh bursts upon the stilly mid- |
night air. M
The hair bristled on my head and M
drops of agony gathered on my M
brow. The affrighted horse , with a j H
sudden forward leap unseated me , |
and , as the cold grave , wet with |
a heavy dew , smote upon my ears |
again. I felt that all was lost ; a |
retrospective view of my checkered M
life flashed through my mind with |
electric speed. M
"With closed eyes I awaited the M
fatal blow from t'he hands of my M
ghostly pursuer. But no blow fell , |
and , reanimated by hope , I arose and M
looked around. M
No wraith or spook or ghost ap- M
peared. The bright moonlight filled M
bhe forest with a peaceful glory. M
Emboldened , but not wholly reas- |
mred , I hastened away , and in my M
eagerness to escape rushed through H
1 bed of geraniums at the foot of the H
jrave. H
A solitary bird , aroused from its H
place of concealment , flew swiftly j H
away , filling the forest with that H
awful sound which had so paralyzed H
< '
me with terror. |
A revelation lighted my bewildered H
mind , and another laugh sounded on H
the midnight air , though not a malig- , H
nant one , but full of relieved feeling H
ind expressive ofa sudden sense of a H
ridiculous sensation. The "laughing H
awl" of Florida , seldom met with , H
Those uncanny , imaniacal cry might H
veil alarm the stoutest hearted , had j H
aeen the innocent cause of my Xight H
if Terror. Hurrying home , I clothed H
ny chilled limbs in their accustomed H
protection , and lighting a pipe , gave H
nyself up to philosophic meditations. H
: onvinced that many of our troubles H
ire caused by over-excited imagina- |
jions ; and congratulating myself that ' - H
Lucy would not hear of the escapade , M
[ fell into a quiet sleep. M
"Children , " asked a minister , ad- M
Iressing a Sunday school , "why are M
sve like flowers ? "What do we have M
that flowers have ? " And a small H
boy in the infant class replied , lfl
"Worms. " The minister crept under | H
the pulpit chair to hide his emotion i'fl
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