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! Th hermit rist 01 the Old Santa [ Ti'diI
I ) A 1ctiiarknble 1nti ' % Viio Craved SoItitdc-1Ili Itoniatitk
( Life and 'rraglc End.
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No stream from tM oiirco
Vlow , wtwnrl , how lonely , ioi'r cour' ,
hut ( UflU Infl4I IS glndden'd. No tnr ever
roft ,
An(1 Ct without Influence ornewhore. Who
k nowi
WIiat earth necd from enrti't ) 1owllct
crentUrc4 ?
No life cnn he pure In 118 ptlrpoBe , nod
trong In Its Ntrte ,
Anil ILII life not be inirer nod itrougor
thereby.
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'Fhe tourist enroute to the Pacific coast , via
the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fe railway ,
cannot fall obervlng a huge , reiattviy
isolate(1 peak , cutting the Incomparably clear
miil-contlncnt sky , on his right , alrnoU im-
me4lateiy after the train emerges from the
picturesque canyon of 11 Moro , and coin-
1nencc to ( Iecen.l the long , grailual , elope
to the quaint old MexiCan village of L.aa
Vegas.
Its scarred anti verurelcss front looms up
grandly In the ljeaiitifiiiiy serrated lanil-
sCttpC , of which it Is the flost conspIcuous
object. Moro promInently leflnel than any
other Itiillvhlual elevatIon of the Taos range
visible from the lolnt , of observation , the
SliZIlOV or tts Irregular contour reaches far
out over the lesser mountaIns beneath the
inoinrnt the sun has crossed the meridian of
ts crest.
At Its foot lIttle grassy valleys stretch
eatwarlIy , which are culUvateI by the
prhiiltlve Mexicans uniler a system of hrrl.
gathon as iirImhtl'o as themselves-simple
earth dItches , involvIng a very lImIted
knowlclge or engIneerIng. Foiuhng lIttle
torrents splash anti sparkle In the sunshine ,
as they couo through fertile Intervales ,
s'hoso , sources are cool mountaIn springs
iilthlen In the tiark recesses of the towerIng
range , \hichI were , untIl the iestless Grlngc ,
r invaded the solItude of the charmIng re-
glen at the n1lveIit of the Iron trail , to erect
saw 1311115 , flllcl with that niost epicurean
arnl game.v of all the trIbe-the speckled
brook trout. sow , the ( lISChIie ) of the
revered Walton vainly Csay3 the strains ?
wIth elegant modern aIpIIanccs ) for lazy
methods of anglIng , retirIng disgusted , as
: the hI3tless native , answering hii interrogatory -
tory of "Where have they all gone ? " with a
' characteristIc shrug , and hIs ever ready
' 'Qulen sabf3T' ' quietly OjCflS ) his lIttle ditch
to let the tenantless water overilow lila
lImited hiAtch of corn , beans and onions.
Maybe , in the sail and weird mythology
of those strange Peohile , the Aztecs , tlil
storm-beaten spur of the Rockies occtiplet
an Important place. Tholr Olymptis , ot
Parnasslis , perhiatis , for not many mIles remote -
mote , on the baiihcs of the classic l'ecos ,
where lie the ruins of the once fortIfied
( 'icuye , referred to so graphically in the
Itinerary of the historian of Coronado's
wonderful march in search nf the 5CCU
cities of ChLola , is tile reputed blrthiplaee
of their culture-hero , Montezuma ( not. to
' be confounded with the dynasty of sover-
elgus of that name ) , who as the ChrIst
of theIr faIth , for vhoae second advent , the
. J'ueblos , the lineal descendants of the AZtecs -
tecs , look for so hopefully with the rising I
, of every morning's sun.
' Upon the IUiIlmit of the Rincon ( he Tecol- I
; lote , as tliI grand old Sentillel of the range
is cnlicd by the McxlcnnH. nil area compris-
. lug several acres , there is a renlarkabie
cave. Around this natural grotto , at such
t great elevation , are clustered by the shiii-
pie liatlvea the most cherIshed memorIes ot
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drift backward for more than a generation
to the plains of central Kansas , and learn
of lila advent Into the state as I recall It.
It was late ho the sirIiig ) f 1861 , our civil
var hind been Iiinigiirnted by the firing tipoli
Sumter , anii the loyal states were preparing
for ( ho great impendIng struggle , UPOII tie
result of which depended the destIny of the
republic. Kansas , at that time , so fat as
Its agricultural possibilIties were cniiceriietl ,
% vfls not 2natt'rhilt ) conshiiercil iii that. connection -
nection ; it. ag remote , relatively tin-
known terrItory. lt eastern portion , a marrow -
row belt contiguous to t1issouri , It Is true ,
had a. bloody imtt4cai history , beyonl which
fact It wn Portal to the vast
mountain regio oil. the west , to be reached
only by crossing hio desert , iitipposcd to ho
included within tlio mies' state's geographIcal
lImIts , through which ran the trail to far-off
Santa lo nail Clihhtmaliua. .
There arrIved one morning in the busy lIttle
hmn1et of CouncIl ( trove , durIng thu month
of May , It strange , mysterious person. lie
attracted lunch attentIon , for he tynts , to
tile tietiizeiis of that remote frontier town , ns
curious a personage us the MOZI In the Iron
Mask , or the awkward Casper llnuser , whose
appearance at the gates of Nuremburg
0(1CC stal tltd the good PcoPle of that staId
and ( itlict toWn , hoary with tine conserva-
tismn of centuries.
'l'ho stranger who caine so unexpecteIiy
to Council ( Irove in the slrlng ) of 1861 , cvi-
ilently a priest , talked but lIttle ; it was an
exceedingly ihhiflcult task to engage liinii III
conversation , co Profoundly dId ho seem Ito.
pressed with the idea of sonie impending
danger. lie acted lIke a startled deer , ever
on the alert for an exIlectoil enemy , and
weeks rolled by before two or three of the
town'i ; milost reputable citIzens could gaIn
his confidence suiflciently to learn from lilni
something of his varied and romantic
history. In a 511111)10 ) sketch , as tills is in-
( cinded to be only , inoihihing but a niere outline -
line of hIs checkered life prevIous to his
adveint In America can be lIresemiteil , as it
was gathered , very reluctantly eu hIs part ,
Iii detdclied fragnients at oiitt nionlents in
liI erratic booths of conltnunicattvelless. It
certaInly contains enough of pathos , stiffer-
log 1(11(1 trageIy ( o foran the web of a thrill.
itig inovel.
Matteo I3occnhini , at the date of hIs apPearance -
Pearanco In Council Grove , was about 5
' yearn oil. lie lossessed the eye of nIt
artist , a bead that was beautifully symu-
mitctrlcal , with a classically molded face ,
nail notwIthstandIng lila age , his hair of
whIch lie hinul a profusion , was long , black
and lustrous as a. raven's wing. Yet the
heart-sorrows he had experienced were In-
(1Cllll3 Impressed upon his benevolent cowi-
tenance In deeply marked llmies. Ito was a
lhiial descendant of 'rrajano t3occalhnl , the
witty Italiati satirist , author of the cub-
hinted Itagguaghi di l'arnaso , who died in
Venice iii 1i.13. Mnttco was born about thie
beginning of the present century in Capri ,
that charming and toast romantic island of
Italy , situated in the Mediterranean , at the
entrance to the tIny of NahlIcs , twenty miles
south of tile beautiful city whose itatne the
bright waters bear.
Hi's youth vas passed on time island , in tIne
cIty of Capri , the seat of a bishopric. There
ho received his early education , devoting
hiimself to the church , and comntcmmclng those
thieboglcal studies which were sooni to be
the cause of his sufferings , his wanderings
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I wIno once occupIed the sequestered spot. It
is sacrcd grotitid with tIiutil IOfl whIch no
incrilego would for a motnent ho brooked ,
Near its narrow entrance a spring of
clear , cold vater gtiuhes out of tlie in.
durated rock , which , after hawing for a
liort dIstnhice over the rounded IlCbbheS in
Its deeply-worn lied , Itimubles down tite lire-
ilpitous slilu of tine mitoumitaini in a dImInutive
, , cascade , joining the streams in the 'aliey
DII their restless way to the son. A few scattered -
tered pitilomis east ti graceful shade over a
iiortIon of the generally haItI , blcar eveh of
the limited plain , and at regular distances
pjart , III the form of a circle , are twelve
rude cronnse , typical of the number of the
Apostles , They were erected years ago by
the hinmublo Mexicails livIng in the hummilets
below , in memory of tine deeply religIous
titan who 1115(10 hIs home In this spot , rind
whose aumite is revered only a degree less
Ibait that of the tutelary saint. of the country -
try , 1O r Lady of Guadalupe. On certaIn
least days , lnartieularhy in maid-summer ,
large fires are kept burnIng at night , and
the devotees to the memory of the care's
once holy occupant , long sInce hastened by
the mmmii of an assassIn to the unknown
.3 boyonrl , assemble there under the stars ,
- and in amuost devout spirit lierfarni certaIn
ccremontcii , .witht a zeal ilossible only to the
carmicat belevers in that ancient rind widely
disseminated faith-the Catholic religion ,
Of the history of the rumarkablo man ,
who. by his oxenmihilary life , made such an
' impressIon upon uututorvd-mitmds of a
large number of the degraded prinnitive New
' Mexicans , but fragnientary leaves have been
btaIoable. To Intohligentl unnjerstapd
sn .Ulvk. tbu riader wui let his mind
amid eventually his tragic death.
Tine island of lila birth , whIch huts so
often been sung by tine muse , Is historic as
vell as iicturcsqmtely beautiful , it was
there that the Itotnami emperor , Tiberius ,
Passed the ljsIntg ilecade of hIs lI ( , and
the ruins iffiie twelve gorgeous palaces Inc
erected ( IurIn tiijit ierlod are still visIble ,
Capri , too , a t'utlfists well remember , is
famous for a cavrrmn called the Grotto of the
Nymphs , or tlno lhluo Grotto. Matteo (10. (
dared It. Wrib' t1mCie that , durimmg lila youth ,
iii the caini reessses and sequestered nooks
of that delightful underground retreat , he
first learned tO love tine companiomninlmip of
hIs own thoughts , a desIre for solitude , and
that , to him , indescribable eaee winleb a
lIfe opart train time "maddIng crowd" assures -
sures , It was this strange characteristic ,
absence of tInrit hove of gregariousness corn-
111011 to itman , which earned for lihmit iii Coun-
cii Grove half a century later the sohnrlquet
of "The hermit i'riest of tine Santa Vu
Trail , " And a year after lila' departure front
that place , among his devoted adhmciretits in
hlf mountains of New Mexico , tine more
applicable one , "El Sohitario , " ( the solitary
Itmait ) , in contradistInction to "EL ilermhto"
( the lnermnit ) , which ho never was in the
utrict interpretation of iine frrnz.
\\'tnen but 18 tine youthfuI Matteo left hIs
native Islintid , under time patronage of the
good bishop Whto lov4 i lim ( o perfect his
educatIon imn Itonle , himmeatIm the very shailow
of St. lkters , tviner ho took holy orders
at the early age o&2h. Then , according to
hissgd story. begmni thnt life of stormy lisa-
sions iiInl sorrowful iiigriiaagea , culmninat-
hag in lila nasasdination forty years after-
war. In tiic far rf ccii3ent ,
lie s cnliti 'ii' ttne cburcb "L"atticr
I Penacesco , " anni , although so young , was
, noted for bus eloquence , subtle ithhlosophy ,
and the boldne of his volitien'i utteranccs
hut , notwithstanding his PronOtInCeIh views ,
the pope mmanted him as oat' of his secretaries.
The college of the propagandists , however ,
rcfti.qed to confirm hint , and placeil ititim
tinder interrogation snit disciplIne. lie do-
qucutly defeinileil himself , and tln chiargemi
were not sustained , Tue severe disciplIne
ended to whIch lie hail been ttbected , he
was assigned to iluty iii tine purlicims of time
Itcrnnil City. "
in a short tIme , Mntteo ihoccalini's ' sunny
nature and "trmil tiassiotis caused his disgrace -
grace , lie became enamored of a fair
devotee , ammo of hIs charge , a ( hark-liaire(1 ( ,
lmnstronts-eyi'ih , bewitcinitig creature of tine
"i.ntm.i of tine Vine. " Ainab the too auscop-
tibia young lricst atnecuinbed to time wiles
of the "itadlant Maidemn , " anti he fell in a
Imnost earthly and ihc'shly tray. I'oar Boccahini
was itnntedlnteiy amid openly chiargeil with
tine emmorimnity of his crime , iirosectited amnd
dcnouncei. lie won ; despoiled ot his sacre-
dotal functions and comupelied to flee ; be-
cattle a vani1crer 1111011 the face of tim earth ,
stipplIng whim sorrow anti despaIr for coal-
lanions throughout the romnimmiler of his
mundane pilgrimage.
Per a short time after his unwarranted
and sinful escapade ho campalgneti with the
heroic Garibaldi ; thou lie turned with op.
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pealing iooks toward America , the haven
for all who are oppressed ; crossed the
ocean , anti In a few weeks began his eventful -
ful journey on tills continent. Never again
was lie to behold the place of lila birth ; the
chalky outlines of fair , beautiful Capri ,
whIch so goi'iotisly ! begents time blue Mcdi-
terranean. The mnhospimcrescent bay of
Naples , the sky , sunshine and vine-clad. hills
of dear old Italy were never more to stIr bits
OIICO impulsive nature or quicken into life
his itow deadened heart.
Years roiled ott ; youth passed by anti mId-
dIe age was tllon the homeless mail , when ,
after untying. roanied wearily froth place to
place , visiting omme IndIan tribe here , anti
another there , in the vain hope of discovering -
ing saute claim , or pcophe near unto nature's I
hpart , whose souls were attuned to his own ,
tviio would receive him In tine simplicity of
lila n. 'v crc and 1)10115 penance , ho arrived
among the Kaws , or ICamisani , whose reservation -
tion ViIS in the iovcly valley of the Neosho ,
a few miles below Council Grove. flut that
tribe , a thirty , despicable race , very suspicious -
picious , multi withal , not remmmarhrabbo for their
reverence of any religiomt , did not take
ktmmdiy to tue weary old moan , t'hmo htati entered -
tered their midst with the purest intentions ;
his idoins zeal , his abstlneince anti self-denIal
loathe them fear to approach him , They did
not understand that :
\Vhenm Italy 011(1 devout religious men
Are at their bcntds 'tint harti to thrav them
t hence ,
So sw'eet is zeaiou contemplation ,
The miserable savages looked upon 11101 ,
the meek anti mumble pIlgrim , as an In-
trutler ; Saul lie was "Ilad Medicine , ' ' so
Father Francesco was no moore at ease with
them in tineir jlclti lodges than ho would
have been inn the gIlded hulls of the vat- !
cami.
cami.Ho
Ho tinen came to Council Grove , as stated
-caine nun the tramp bait since caine-un-
heralded 011(1 uninvIted , but not to beg bread
at tine ( lOo1 of its residents , as time latter
how tiocs , Nor did ho come Co tell off biB
beaus In Line presence of tine vulgar curious ,
but went upon tbneinillside , beyond tine town ,
to seek tim solitude nail retirenient of a
natural cave , In tIme limvtomie rock of the
regiotn , troubling no nile ; an enIgma to tue
world , anti a subject for the fdl gossIp.
There for flyo months Ito llvetl , accessible
to but few , with whonm , wimeij ho felt anti
recogmmizetl In tlnent tine quickened glow of a.
sotil that believed In time Fatherhood of God ,
anI tine brotherhood of man , lie vouhd talk
iii temnilerest straitma of evcrytilin6- that
was good , true rind beautiful.
The hermit. Priest , ann hn was now called ,
had of earthly IosBeSsiOitS 'o little that lie
could mayo vied with thq Lowly Nazarene
in the silielitiar of his bioverty , Of crucifixes ,
devotional metocutoes antI other rci Iglous
trinkets , sweetly suggestive of better and
happier' days , he lna&pr servgil t few. Ills
greatest romeo was 1mm half a doeni well.
thumbed unnaIl volumes , betweemm whose
covers none Iteered. but himself , lie was
ever regular at lila devotIons , ftr , notwltin-
staintiltig lie had grievously riiniietl , as lie
declared , lno WLItI constnmntlf striving to otnt-
hive its horriti memory anti to repaIr time
Injury lie Imad done his Master's cause ,
lie possesseti one artIcle of property that
tingemi his sojourn at Counmcil Grove with a
delightfully romantic reinenibrance arnomig
tine very linlited number now hiving there
wIno knew of tine vagarIes of the remarkably
strange noun ; these were mionnotimnes lila confidants -
fidants and friemnds , witinlim a limited do-
gree. It was a rudely constructed mnammdoiln ,
which , during all the years ot his erratic
itllgrimago , be mad temmaclotnsiy clung to ,
until its exterior preaented n copuse41 mass
of scratches and dents , indlcativqof hard
tisage. Despite all hat1 curious as it many
seem. by semite rnysleruiis ! rnenup its rjch
tones had bee preserved"lDheIr .original
purity antI depth. . , . . T'
On the evenIngs of Kansas' incomparable
Indian atnnnmner , durin tie early part of
whIch season lie wns lIving In
his cave near Council Grove , the
) Iermmllt Priest , seated . on. a pro.
jt'ctlng ledge it time mouth of his rocky
nnttl isolated ictreut , 'vould swmep the strings
of his treasinreti imiatrunment with a touch as
light , deft anti sorrowfully tentier as a
maiden whose iuro young Ineart lana just
been thrilled by its flrs 'ireatIn W Jove ,
To those who were fortUmttti , riud tb y
were very few , to be inyited to 5lled tin
hour with iiimni , his yespcr hnua ; renttereti
Lu bu ! exquisite teaoF vcite , .weru a
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voting girl's prayer. Ills sometime
Neapolitan soimgs anti soft airs of his native
isle were its sweet as the chant of the
angels imo Invoked when in a deeply rellgiotms
mood , and lila heart-feeling tones mingled
sadly tIth tue gentle soughing at the even-
lag breeze In the dense foliage on the niar-
gin of the viacid Neosho that ilowed near
by , Thtms , in the calm enjoyment of his
self-Imposed solitude , ho lived with
"Tite moss hIs beth , the cave his htnmbhe
cell ,
Ills food the fruits , his drink tine crystal
well. "
Armiong the varIous iaaguages necessary
for the eonlmlmnicatlon of ideas between the
motley crowd comprising tine civiliratlon ot
time then remote Ngion , there was none that
Matteo lloccalinlIldid not untierstand and
sjteztk fluently , soihlberal hail been his t1u-
cathiam in that particular.
Once , when a stabbed anti dying Mexican ,
the victitin of some 'gnnnbling ' quarrel among
tue drivers of thti htili train to whIch lie
was attached , askdtl a service for time
repose of hIs Lonmi , Fatlncr Francesc.i
tmastenc'd tO the noxious mail's side. There
he adminIstered tlie Inst sacrament of the
church to the expiring creature in his own
language , wino dietL with a resigned look
tillomn his face , as' he listened to time nib-
solvhtmg words me could PerfectiY understand ,
which was a thing of joy to the holy loan
wiio had performed the sacred office.
One day late in tile month of October , 110W
nearly tlnirty-fotnr years ago , tIle hermIt
priest saw walking through the streets of
the lIttle village a dark-visaged personi. clad
in clerIcal garb , and whom iloccalini believed -
lieved to be the lover of tine woman he
lint ! wronged in his youth , anti that the
stranger , if it wereihne wlnrn.n he suspected ,
could hover be persua.ieti . to think that
Matteo was mat wholly to be bhanned for tine
life Inc had blasted ,
lie told his friends hle could no longer
tarry 'with them ; -ho would go away to the
mnouittains of New Mexico , seek another
cave , rear again thu blessed cross , cmnbleni
of his Master's suffering , and once nnore
live iii solItude ; from which he had
somewhat strayed.
lie frequently , when In a communicative
I mood , had talked much to them of tlne delIghts -
, lIghts of absolUte solitude , It was , he ar-
gnied , tine nurse of dntiiUsiasmn that enthu-
shasta was the parent of genius ; that soIl-
tntdo had always been eagerly sought for in
every age. It was the inspIratIon of the
doinlhlnant religion of every nation ; that their
founders were macn , who , seeking tine quIet
antI seclusion of the desert , amid by aubordi.
nating the flesh to the spirit , hntl visions of
the beyond. The veil hliding the better
world bind been lifted for them , anti that
theIr teachings bind come tlowmi to us through
tine noons , elevating man above time brute.
The next morning after the udden appearance -
pearance of the stranger , whose presence
had so tlinicornpOSCl the usually calm priest ,
a delicious imiorning In thin month of
"Autumn's Holocaust , " when tine breeze was
billowing the russet-colored grass U0fl the
virgin prairies , Father F'rancesco gathered
iii ) his few precious relics , and rucepting
time escort of a caravan , just ready to start
for New Mexico , left Council Grove , his
cave nni the warm friends ho mad made
there , forever ,
The caravan , under the protection of which
tIne frightened vrelato went westward , was
owned by a Mexican Don , brother-in-law
to Kit Carson. lie still resides near the spot
where the ill-fated Italian , was , a yenc or
two after'iiis wearisome journey across the
great plains , hinnrried to eternity ,
ThIs venerable Mexican , and old-time
voyager of the almost oblitoratet ! Santa Fe
trail , when I Inst visited hIm at. his1 hospit.-
able homne in tha mountains , fourteen years
ago , entertained mime by relating 501110 of tIne
more inomninent characterIstics of lila
strange compaimlon du voyage , during that
memorable trip with the hermit uirieat front
CouncIl Grove more than twenty years
previously. lie saul that the strange nmamm
would never ride either on horseback or In
one of the wagonie , despite the earmneat mv- !
tation extended to hunt , each recurring morn-
lag by tine master of the caravan , preferring
to trudge alonmg unncomnplaitmingly day after
day during time sunny hours beside theiod-
ding oxen timrougii tine alkali dust of the
desert , and faltered not ,
Neither at nIght would lie partale of the
shelter of the tout comnatantly offercil , but
as constantly amid persIstently refused , pro-
terming to roll imlmnsehf up in a stogie coaram
wrap , seeking somnle quIet spot removed from
the corral of wagons , where for an hour
or two , under tine scintillatIng stnr'm , Inc
would tell off hIs beads , or , accunpanied
by lila mandolin , chant sortie att refrain to
tine VirgIn , until long titter the camp hail
gone to sleep , For his subsistence he himself -
self cauglnt ammd cooked , the prairie dog ,
ground squirrel , n rattlesnake and gophner ,
onmly occasIonally , when hard pressed , would
imo accept a. nieal. which woo constantly
proffered by tIme Mcicann teamsters , begging
tine Hermit l'rltutt Lo almare with themmn , for
in their love for Ithe church , to whicin they
wore so devoted , me , aeemed to their simple
mimimitha a most zealous but mumble exponent
of thmoir religlousiteik'ta amid visibie fon-ni of
their sacred faIth.
Thus reticent , ilthughttul and devout , Inc
marched with ths caravan for many weeks.
until at last tlui city of holy faith1 tjne
quaint old SpanisW.townm of santa Fe , was
reacined , There bit purled company with hIs
escort , and for .mneariy a year afterward
wanmdered all ovti that portion of tine tern-
tory of New ? tiexic and into Arizona , still
seeking the Ainaitciiar of lnimn dreams , a
uitabIe abidIng thrice In time recessea of
the bills. anti a peeio ! winose Louis nnight
ho made to attune wIth lila. But ho ails-
, ( tirably tailed In all that he desine.i tluriui
his sail pilgrimage thtronnghmonit the otntim-
west , Then , turnIng nortinwarti again , lie
slowly , and almost despaIringly , retraceil his
steps until lie arrlvetl at the sequestereti
\'alley of time Bapphilo , where be at last
found an humble class and lila coveted cave
en the summit of the mighty mountain de-
scrlbed at the opening of thus chapter.
There , contemnt after so mnammy years of
tinsatisfied wandering , lie commenced that
life of religious ministrations , and cxcv-
eiscd thnoao unselfish a ts of kintlne.ts and
love , wimcse remembrance Is im.iprintett so
IndelIbly cii tine hearts of hIs devoteti foi-
lowers , fan :
' 'Through atnifering he soothed , nod
tlmronigh , sickness lie mntmrsed , "
Tinere again , tnmntler time ComlstellatIoas ,
which nowhere else shimme more brilliantly ,
where ( ho straitma of bI mandolIn ennui tine
rich mmoes of that iniagnicent voice , incarti by
the enchanted people vlno hlateneti eacim
evenmlng at the doots of their nnitle mulobe hntnts
him tine valley below time imuge mlii that cast its
inatlow over tlmcni.
Notwithnstantlimmg tine hermit prIest hiatl
foumiti a. class congenial to his soul's de-
iiiattiis. his eccentricities still clung to him.
his lerslstenc in livimmg apart fnomn his
chosen people enforced them to always sitc.k
of him as El Sohitarlo ( Tine Solitary Man. )
Ho would visit nmong them to solace amid
Imurse tim sick , antI give absolution to time
tlyiing. which his amid tlie'ir relicion so
iteautifully pronmises , but lie would never
break breath withimi theIr imoapltainle doors ,
preferninig and imnsistimig nitvnys tnpomi a crUst
and a cup of cold water outside.
Nor oin'ntl inc sleep mIlton the soft woolen
colchons which evein tine poorest of New
Mexicanmhomea aflorti , but , absorbed by do.
rout thoughts , wrapped hImself mi his
coarse blanket nail laid himself on the bare
grotmnid ; or if it Wii stonmimy , Inn summit , out-
Imoimse with the 511001) nntt goats. This , of
course , Wnspnrt of hIs self.imupocil pemmanco ,
from thnichi lie never deviated , rigorous as it
was. ' .
Ond'iIa , ' , after hIs famIliar amid beloved
face hail been mutaseti for mimore thom a week
by hi i1elotcs , a sorrowfnni inirty went OUt
to seek hiimn. They founti iiitii tleatl on tine
rugged trail tohs lonely hnonie , mis hernIa
cimfoided In lila tlelienteiy shiapeti Ilagers anti
his eoullteinnnlce wearimmg a sainnt-llko cx-
pressiotn. A poisoned tiagger in his heart , by
the inanith of an assassin , Inad miccomniplislncti
tue tenth deed , ivinlein , for a whole lifetIme ,
during eyery moment of the uimhiaphy luau's
nctlve antitlreaiuming hours , as a conutinu-
ally disturbing fear.
Timing' paSSei away , as lie hail predicted 1mm
his yotmth , tine eccemitric hint holy Matteo
hioccalinmi , ILerzuuit'riest , mail time El Solliario
of thmo New Mexico inotnuntains. A unuamn of
sorrow and. grief , yet. witim as mmcii re-
peiutanCe , amid as mimauty venuamices as sins ;
nine of tluosu ethereal beimugs vlno nnllghut. be-
comb physically unclean , bitt never spiritually -
ally impure.
For years after lila tepartruro ] from Cotmnchl
Grove tln hlermuitt I'riest's cave was an object
of much interest. UntIl withIn a very short
period , WliCil time ( muarrmnueml tore , lown its
last vestige , upomn Its tunic-worm vnhIs could
be traced , rudely carved , lila amine , Mnttco
Doccahini , a cross , "Jesu Maria" rand
'Capri , " all so dear to the lonuchy amid sail
miman's heart.
I'AItAIHX OI' A iItmIlto.tm ) .
I I is 'I'nvt-iily lIIIcsLing ( , nInnj. Ont
Vnty , I.nut ( I inty Si t.'ein ( . , I nor Itnnt'I.
It is tweinty miles froni hlomuestlale to
Carbondale , both towmns in l'emimusylvauuia.
Front Carboudale to Iiomicstlaie it isslxteemn
miles. That is what tlney , will tell the in-
qumiring traveler who has occasion to take
tIne Delaware & ulnidson cars at hiommeadalo
to make tine trip between tine two tonvnus
for the first timune , relates a correspondent
of tue New York Sumu. Tine inforuntation will
be puzzliuug to tuna , bmmt it will be trime.
Another thing will muzzle him still more.
Tue car ho caters 18 elaborately fitted anal
furnisineth , but is less thnamn halt tine size of
tile ordInary passenger car. It moves out
front the covoreni statiomn on the coal piers
a few yards and stops. It tine trnvclen looks
ahead out of tIne car window hue will see
the narrow track loathing straight up the
51(10 of a high hill , at ant angle of nearly
forty-five degrees. Tue top of tue mlii is
about an eighth of a utIle away. 'I'here Is
110 locomotive power anywiucre to be seen ,
Up this bill tim car is innuictl by a cable.
Omice at tine top the car continues on its way
down the otiner side. Down tills grade the
car rums by gravIty until it rt'aeincs tlio toot
of nnotlmer lull. when it Ja whisked to the
toi ) lit the samne manner as the fIrst ouic.
In tiuis way the gramid summit of the nuoun-
talm 1range that divides the Lackawanna
from tIme Lackawaxen valley is snmrmnotmmited ,
eIght of tine long plttncs belmmg miscendeti before -
fore tine surnmnlt is reached.
The ride fronl Fairview uttumulmuit on to Car-
bontlaha is over an nuntinterrupteil declining
grade. The road curves abruptly mnrouund
projecting hills ; clIngs , imtgim in the air , to
time aides of rocky ledges , and spans tleep
chasms by airy trestles. Ott tlneir ride
down the mountain tine trains are frequently
run a. inilo a mumlmiute. Time ruuumner , wltin imis
iuamnd on the hnrake , controls the train. lie
can send it along nit the speed of tue wind ,
or bring it to a standstill at his will.
At one voint on tine down-mountain trip
limo traveler will see a track1runmming jhral
id w'itln ' the one lIe is on , a roil or two to
hIs left , but. perhaps twenty feet below
iuim ,
"This is some rival road , " is tine first
thought of the stranger.
A few seconds inter , after a dash through
ikSee : \ That Stamp I
It Is the Government
) Internal Revenue Stamp
over the Conk nod Cap.
\
- . - . . auie of every bottle of
OLROid
J1ERMITA
'SWHISK1ES
Certifying to the Ago and Purity of tine
Whisky.
NOTE.-It fit the Government's Gear.
anhee that goes with tinlin ixittiins. bee
that the name W. A. GAIitS ? & CO. Is printed
on the stamp ,
'I ALL DEALERS SELL IT
Weeks' '
Treatment
,
FREE
,
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'm'uvY .tltr ; 01,11
SPECIALISTS
in ml treatmuusdI of &li
Chroilc , Neryons and Private Dseas !
ad au WL3AILNBSSIS
au iitORDBI OP
Citaj'Ttn , LII Dlaaes ot thu No. . , ' 1ara&t. GZ..4.
Itst..cb , Uver , Zteo4 , Skin sad JCndn.y Dl. .
S. . . . . . lc.t S4sahooo , Itydressi. , V.rloocsi. ,
Oonorrhsi. Ol.et. , 1ypttIIiu. Utrictur. , l'tIu , Yts.
tans sad E.ct&l VLc.cs Diabsus , Dtlgbt' . Dl. .
.I. euned. Cali en or kddrrss whtb foe
FrH hook s.ad Nw Mithsd. .
I'restment by' Ua1l1 GontsultsClo * fVe. ,
Oaiaka edtcaL and Surgical. . Institute
L1M.M&t. IiU Mi ,
.
a tlceii , thank rock-cut , hue is nniaeul to flail
his traIn sieetiingalong on that same parat-
iei tm-nick , wIth the one lie sntw it from above
hint em time Inillaltlc , This is the Shepherd a
Crook. Long coal trains rouumtlinug this
crook find their head anti rear eiith so near
together that one could easily toss a piece
of coal from a ream' car into a front one.
l'rorn hionesthnhe to Carbondale Is twenty
miles. Front Carbontialo to hiomiesilale is
sixteen unItes , This liarnilox In tlistnince Is
duo to time fact that tim raIlroad follows an'
other course in coming from Canbontlale to
hionesdalt , , anti tIme way Is four miles
shorter. ThIs raIlroad over the Moosic
liuOUmtflifl iii. tiuci first of any lenmgth to be
unIt in operation In tlnls cotmmutry. It was
cornplctetl iii hS2D ninth was inntendetl wholly
for the tralmsportntiomn of coal frommi the Dela-
ivaro & hudson tulnies mit Caubontlale to the
Ineati of the company's canal at liotuestiaht' ,
tIle canmnl taking it to tidewater at hiontlout.
It was inipossible io use a hocomnotis'o road
and it was iumipossibit' get tti eltility coal
cars back to Carbonthitle over tue same track.
So there iiad to be a "llht" track amid a
'loatiett" track.
This gravIty raill nni occupies a tmflitpu ( '
piaco tnt rnilroath ititkO ) , ' for It wmns emi Its
original rails , on A'tiul. 9 , lS2tl , ( mat thu.
first locotuuotlvo ever ilnced on a raihroatt out
tile 4'imuerican contimient was runm. Tine boon-
motive was imitciutletl to tiraw tine coal cars
from the foot of tine inst iilnne 0)1 time iaathetl
track over a 1011g. hevel stretch of road to
tint piers , bunt wns too lwavy for tIne trestles
and was abanutlonmed after time trial trIp , Tine
locomotive mnot otmil' inatle tile imiltial trill him
tinis country , but it ilemimomistttil tine liractl-
cabihity of attain as a Illative Power oni railroads -
roads more titan a month before Stevemisomn's
locomotive , the hiocket , Was mm on tlno
Liverpool & Manchester railroad , fromo Which
latter date thn suCcess of rnihuuzntls is nc. _
corded by all railro.nd Inistorinums. Dr. OtIs
very of hloumestlale is tii last stnrvlvor of
tii first locomotIve trip. lie is one of tine
tinrco persons Wile were on the locomotive
titin horatio Ahlenu , tue cuughineer wino ranu it ,
and at t4O is still actively ermgaged in his
prof essiumu.
lIt1CA'l'ioNtm , t'I'IS ,
I Ion. Juhml ir , Foster lia gi'emi h.OOO to
thu ] iutlitnna ; State umlhvr3ity ins a fund , the
innteres t uf it i C In slntn I 1 bg i vent a nn ii ( mull y
to thlu stimilemut lrotlucinng , tint Iest vs' .ay cnn
tine itolhtiennl history of tIle Unultetl States.
Orhnuttio ii' . Lewis , ( ormmu&'rly inn iuutrueton
mu Tufts college , 110W n't'itidenmt iii Ztiftmnielm ,
inu recently been elected to mt lehiouvshniln
mit Gerinamnic lmmuiguagi's nut tine University
0 1 Ieii 1153 i VU mliii. to m t lIe coon i hg ittt ti ( 'mu IC
year , ito will retulul t ( ) thu. country cnriy
iii Atugust.
'l'luertj are this year 43S ennmdiilates for the-
grees inn Cormieli nnimiversily. A grnuiunntlmng
elass of 43s is lyon in uuueditat I ag. 1 t vtni Id
be a gtoii ) iticivtitt foi' ; t rt'gimneiut. 1"our
ntioti aeragu "coii'gtis' ' could be crtr't'tl
tiut of it , imitleed tlntt are alone uunemu ienttiy
to tmnko degrees frOm Citrunehl tnuutvensity
tiw IIJtii of tlmis iitonntln tuna there were
tUdeunt ml mu cilISseS lii tine sunmne umni-
versity itt 1SS1.
A New Sotmth 'tnIes cotnntry school
teaciner recenitiy gaVe it boy a qtuesthtimn hut
Ct'iii ' liotnmnil proporti 0 ii fur iionuu , m vomk , v in iciu
iiILpitenletl (0 I TI C I title t lie ciretu Ill stt I lIce ii f
' 'tine mi world lug I CIl iiuu rs U tint V i in a rti er tt )
conimulete a. certinini tt'oric , " ext nllorninig
tine unmstnsiieetinmg lonelier , 1mm looking over
the hittbo PUCk of exercises , lonunuti ' 'Jima's' '
latIn llmnltttelmniitetJ , amid tine Loliottinlg letter
itlClOSCd itt tine page : "Snmm : I refuse to let
Jima do his snirn yam give hinmi imnst tulle Inns
it hoolr't to unit to be a miltur rtt S-ilour sisttmmn
euuul , ' sunu not unort than S incurs itt' is ' & 'l-
cant to do bunt not nature , Yours truniy ,
Abramum Iliunil , Scnr"
l'residenit FrantIc l'ierrmionnt Graves of the
Uuliversity of \\'OuIiiIlg , wino iui beemn
electeti iuresidentt ut tine University of
\'luiiniIlgtonu , is it. gratluinte of ( . 'olumniiii
unmulvensity. After hIs gruhuiatioun : , lt Le'ilnlO )
iuustrtmctor of Grei'bc iii the lrisit2r seined ,
New York Chty , mnuid tiut'mn imnstructor tur Greek
in Coltilulbia. Ill 1i"Jl lie went to 'I'nufts
college , 2iintstneilnnsettus , wilere hue served
live years ins professor ii ) Urecic. lit .hnnno ,
Pi'JI , lie was elected Presidetit of the State
Lmiiverslty \Vyotninug. . ills work tlnere
iUnS , iueenn extlelnely sucvcssumul. hun tvo
I' Cti Inc hIlts succeed cl i in uiern u'h y thtenbl I ing
the attentlntnuco mt tile stnte utniversity , I he
is very roIular tvlthn tile people of tine
State.
KNSFRD'S
OSWEGO STARCH.
SILVER GLOSS
for the laundry gives universal
satisfaction.
INSOMNIA . '
" 1 lmavo beets tiNIsig VSCAtICTS 1o
Insomnia , with winicli I have been nifihicted fo
over twe'nly ycarsantl I can say that Cascaroti
iuM'O given mc more relief than anyother rome'
dy I have ever tniCd. I altrill certainly recant.
mcmiii thorn to my friommths as being all tinov era
rcprosented. " Tlios , GILLAIU' , Eiglnll. f
CANDY
ARTIC '
e'
raAor & PtOIsTRID
l'lartnt. Palatable , i'otoM. , T.stC ( boil. DO ,
( htiot , Never Cirkemu , Wemnkem , , or ( Inlie , mOe , 2."e , ttic.
, ' , CURE CON3TIPATION.
5trtIn fle.dy ( I"pII7 , I1kkro , Pt , , triI , lti , T.rk , 515.
1'l 0.10 flfliohti 'diii riisrnuu'et , by mull drtig-
ghsta to t. mm ) 'l'tfl'aeco ilaulL.
vnt OThlEfl' r.IIj COCUIT
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Ulcers , Diabetes. Bright's Disease cured.
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