THE OMAHA DAILY 111313 : SATURDAY , , TAXrAKY 0. 11)00. )
BURIAL BILLS PILED HIGH
Conre33lonal ; Ftmerala Productive of Lavish
Bills of Expense.
UNDERTAKERS IMPOSE OH GOVZRNMINT
Miivomt'iitN In MiiUihe Ihull ! lllllt (
lilni ! llriMvn ut | | | Pill-illume of
a I'luiilly l.ui for n
Ui-iiii .Member.
Congress ha * determined to cut down th
rxnoniM of. elaborate funerals accorded to
dead momliers and sermtori , reports a cor
respondent of the Chicago Inlur Ocean. The
upset llguro which will hereafter be pall
fnr n slate funeral Is $1,000. not Including
the cost of railroad transportation. In case
the ob * < yiulo3 nro hold far from Wanhlng-
t'.n , hut no motnbor of congress or senator
who gels a funeral con have olio that will
< -oat tnoro than the utlpulatcd amount. This
Is llnnl.
Representative Hull of llhodo Island , who ,
during the congrcHSlonnl recess , hits been
chairman of a committee In charge of the
miscellaneous accounts of the house of rep
resentatives anil who will undoubtedly lit-
chairman of the committee of accounts for
the next two years , has audited weveral
funeral accounts during tha lust few months
\\hllo congress was not In session.
"I discovered , ' ! he said , "tint there has
been n great deal of Imposition on the part
of undurUiVers engaged to conduct ofllclal
funcralx for members of the IIOUKO of repre
sentatives. I am told that a similar state
of affairs exists on the senatorial sldo of the
capital building. When a membur of con
gress dies , If rongrc ? Is In nreslon , a reso
lution relative to Hiring the deceased an olll-
clal fureral Is always passed , and a special
commlltcu lu appointed to make all the
necessary arrangement ! . . This committee
engugm the undertaker , who Is usually aug-
Rustcd by the family of the dead member ,
nnd thru , without any word or previous ar
rangement regarding the expense , the
funeral takes place. Then the undertaker
Bends "In his bill to the committee on ac
counts , and practically puts hlo own valua
tion on bin services , which Is generally out
of nit-proportion.
"Hut , Btfli , the bouse has to pay the bill ,
no matter .how extravagant It may he. Dur
ing thu roces between the sessions of con
gress the committee of accounts has n little
more discretion accorded It In the matter of
auditing these bills , but when congress Is In
session the committee on accounts has to
act with a duo regard for the proprieties.
.Vol Miiylim 1'nintly HiiryliiK Io ( * .
! l "Last summer n member of congress died.
I will not mention his mumo , but be was
from a nouthurn Htatd. In accordance with
the usual precedent , an undertaker of his
native town was directed by mo to take
charge of the funeral at the expense of the
United States. The obsequies took plac.s
down eolith , and a few weeks later n bill
was forwarded to ine by this undertaker
with an Item of $800-for the funeral itself ,
and nn additional Item of JfiOO for a family
lot In the cemetery where the member had
been burled. * In .other words , the bouse of
representatives' wns called upor to purchase
a family lot In which not only the member
could' bo burled , but all his Immediate rela
tives later on when the occasion arose. I
sent back the bill for the lot with a per
emptory refusal to pay It , adding that the
cost of a Blnglo grave would , of course , bo
paid , but that the United States govern
ment did not furnish family lots for any
one.
"An undertaker who odlclated at another
funeral during the past summer of a member
who ( llud shortly nftcr congress adjourned ,
wbllo-.oiv , bin wny.-humc" to a. western state ,
sent Iti a bill for $1,200 for the funeral serv-
IceN. I pent the bill back , as that was n
llttlo bit more than wo could stand , and in a
few days the undertaker returned It , cut
down to $663. He sent me n note saying
if that lu > did not wish to overcharge nnyone ,
but that ho had been told that It was cus
tomary , when doing business with the
United States and the house of representa
tives , to send .In n bill for just double the
actual oir.ount. HP had done so , and prob
ably thought thnt his -bill of $1,200 should
have been $1,230 In the first place , ns that
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wns Just double of what be really received.
t "I don't wish to pose ns a reformer. It Is
ono matter to be a reformer nnd another
to simply point out abuses of these things.
1 Intend to Introduce n bill providing that
In no case shall the expenses of a funeral
of n member of congress be moro than $1.000 ,
excluding railroad rates In case n delegation
from congress attends the funeral. In ntiy
uiiiiMial case , such , for Instance , as the fu-
nernl of the speaker of the bouse , should
finch calamity as bis death occur , the mat
ter of expense of the stnto funeral would
not bo considered. The- senate , of course ,
has the power to control its own expendi
tures o < i nn occasion of this character , should
n senator dlo nnd bo accorded n state fu
neral , but so for ns I .cnn control It on the
boiiEo sldo no bill for wore thaii $1,000 for
funeral services of a mcniiber slmll be ap
proved by tbo house committee of accounts.
ln < - < | iillllt I < 'N In CoinixMlHiitloii.
"Whllo on this topic , " continued Hep-
rcsentatlve Dull , "thero Is another matter
which Is of n similar character. I believe
that the whole system of government com
pensation for employes of the house nnd the
senate Is wrong. There Is no Justice In ono
messenger working an doorkeeper at $700
year , whllo another , working nt the very
next entrance , receives $1.200 n year for ex-
nctly HID same kind of work. Hut that Is not
the only Instance of Inequality of ( pay
nniong bouso employes. There nre men In
the folding-room who nre getting $500 u
yenr , nnd working right nlongsldo them nnd
doing the same kind of work are men who
get $1,000 n yenr. I Intend to have the mat
ter Investigated a little , to eeu if a moro
cqultablo system of compensation cannot bc >
devised. ' ' As for tlu\ funeral abuses , It Is n
grewRo'mo subject , but It has gone so far
now that'll must be rectified nt once. "
The chairman of tbe committee on audit
ing iicoounts for tbo senate lu Senator John
I' . Jones of Nevada. When naked what ho
thought the limit nt funeral expenses for
senators would bo , he said :
"LimitI don't think anyone should
speak of money In connection with such a
subject. Did anyone mention expenses In
ccnnecllcu with tle ) state funeral of the
\ DELICIOUS IN
| ( JFFEETfeA&ChOCOlate )
Bordon's Condensed MHk Co. , N. Y.
lain vlrp president ? Certainly not. If thp
* < fn tp Intends lr > give any senator a state
funeral. It should net attach n string to that
provision limiting the expenditure. No one
Is going to squander money on state funerals
unless It l necessary. When a senator dips
It Is only fitting that this great government
and the senate should officially defray the
expenses of a big state funeral , In rpcogni-
lion of the scrvlcps extended to the nation
by the senator. So far as I am concerned ,
there will bo no definite limit fixed to the
cost of a yennto funernl. Of course. If any
thing exorbitant In the way nf a bill wcro
sent In lo us , It would bo returned for a
detailed statement , and If the undertaker
furnished n satisfactory one , the bill would
bp paid , nn matter what Its size. The na
tion cannot afford to become parsimonious
over such matters. "
llolnirt Family I'alil th
Very eftcn. when a senator or a representa
tive dies , the funeral expenses are not paid
by congress. In the cnso of N'lco President
llobnrt the principal bills were pnld by the
llobnrt estate. The coat of the special train
lo carry the president , senators nnd repre
sentatives from Washington was paid by the
government. The cost of n special train to
carry the senators , who met In New York ,
to Patterson , was also paid by Uncle Ram.
Hut the cost of the casket nnd Incidental
expenses were defrayed by the Hobart fam
ily. The L'nlted States senate paid for nn
Immense Moral offering , however.
When Nelson Dlngley of Maine dl d last
January the house of representatives ex
pended considerably moro than the $1,000
which Representative. Hull stipulates shall
hereafter bo the limit for a rcpresentntlre's
funeral. The howe pnld for a special train
to carry the remains of the distinguished
representative to Maine ; It paid all the ex
penses of a special committee from the
house to Maine nnd back to attend the
funernl ; It paid for an unusually elaborate
casket , with an expensive silver plate , nnd It
sent Moral offerings worth $500. And no one
even Intimated that the expenditure was
too much. Men like Nelson Dlngley do not
grace the balls of congrcsu so frequently
that any ono would even bint thnt he was
being accorded too expensive n funeral.
Slnco congress adjourned last winter
seven representatives have died. This Is In
deed n very .small proportion , considering
that the house of representatives hns ap
proximately 300 members. The first of these
seven to die was Nelson Dlngloy. He Is
now succeeded by CharliM K. LlttlcMeld.
W. U Greene of the Sixth district of Ne
braska died March 11 , on his way hcmo
after the adjournment of t'ne Kitty-fifth
congress. He Is succcedcl by William
Neville.
Samuel T. Ilalrd of the Fifth district of
Louisiana died April 22. Ho Is succeeded by
Joseph K. Ilnnsdell.
Mr. MliiinlM KxpeiiNlve Kiiiieral.
Ilk-hard P. Bland of the Eighth district of
Missouri died June IB. A delegation of rep
resentatives attended his funeral , and , next
to that of Mr. Dlngley , the expenses of tbo
government were tbe largest of any funeral
this year.
Lorenzo Danford of the Sixteenth district
of Ohio died June 10. He Is succeeded by
Joseph J. Olll.
Uanlel Ermentrout of the Ninth district
of Pennsylvania died September 17. He IB
succeeded by David II. Orecn.
Kvnn K. Settle of the Seventh district of
Kentucky died nt bis homo In Owenton ,
November 1C. His successor has not yet
been chosen.
Warren II. Hooker of the Thirty-fourth
district of New York resigned his offlce be
fore the beginning of the term of the Flfty-
Blxth congress. He Is succeeded by Edward
H. Vreeland.
A SUIIUIUI OK IIAVAXA.
Veil nil ( i On t > of the Mont nciintlfnl Ho-
Miirtn on the Count.
Brvond doubt the -most beautiful of Ha
(
vana's suburbs , writes a correspondent of
the New York Times. Is Vedado , situated
en the coast about three miles from the
city proper nnd reached by "dummy" line
cr by coach. Another line , an electric ono ,
has been spoken of to run from the city
along the coast to the Playa of Marinnao ,
n fnshlonnblo summer resort eight miles
out of town. It seems rather odd to speak
of a summer resort In Cuba , but It Is a
fact that the summer temperature of points
along the coast Is much lower than that
of many northern cities.
As ono passes through Vedado on the
ears ho catches glimpses of many beautiful
homes , surrounded by palms and tropical
flowers. A number of the houses nre two
stories In height , an unusual thing In Cuba.
Many houses , though , and very handsome
ones , too , have only ono story , with six ,
eight , ten , and even moro rooms on the one
lloor. Unlike those In the city , the yards
surround the houses , and do not hnvo the
houses built around them. The yards nre
laid out in very pretty ( lornl designs , the
beds being surrounded by stone , concrete
or wine bottles turned neck downward and
put Into the ground.
Ono of the most beautiful places Is owned
by n man of French origin , but now nn
American citizen , I understand. H reminds
ono of some beautiful old English mansion.
The largo yard Is terraced and about the
upper terrace , which Is reached by steps , Is
n low , whlto , ornamental fence , such as ono
sees abroad. All through the grounds
statuary Is scattered. There are several de
lightful llttlo summer houses , lighted by
eloptrlelty. and two or three pretty foun-
.alns. This place , llko most of the others ,
Is surrounded by a high Iron fence with
lingo Iron gates.
Along tbo shore nro bnths cut out of the
coral rock. The water rushes In over the
top nnd out of the exit holes lower down.
Suspended from the sheds covering these
ore ropes , with thn help of which one may
resist the otrong wnves , It Is not an nlto-
gother snfo experiment to enter one of these
baths while there la n heavy surf. The roclcs
without nro so sharp and dangerous that It
Is forbidden to the soldiers stationed here
to bathe from them. They must use the
polfH. In fact , ono soldier was- killed a short
whllo ago by being dashed on the rocks , and
another very seriously Injured. The baths
are free for all. They nro nil ulong the shore
between here nnd town.
Often the surf Is very strong and the
brinnkfrs dash high on the rocks. At times
the lower parts of the town nre covered
with Bovcrnl Inches of wnter. It would ce-r-
tnlnly bo unfortunate * for any ship to be
dashed on this shore , for It would take but
a short time for It to bo ground to pieces
on these rocks. After every storm there nrc
dozens of people on the shore looking for
shells and corals that have been washed In.
Tliero are email , pretty shells of many va
rieties , but few largo ones. The corals nro
beautiful , the brain coral predominating ;
lUs resembles the convolutions of the
bialn. hencn UK name. In town so/me / of the
smaller shells , bright , glossy ones , arc sold
for wntch charms. Necklaces for children
are made of the same kind. Little Iraxes of
( diellH and coral are about to start to the
stntes ns Christmas gifts for friends.
On Sunday evenings a Cuban band plays
In Cnrnnza park for nn hour or moro Just '
beforp BimfPt. and then nil of the Beats are ;
occupied with the wealth , beauty nnd fashIon - i
Ion of Vcxlado. The selections are for the '
most part popular. First , last nnd In the j
middle of the program the Cuban nlr. "Hay- |
amcsn" no celled from revolutionary I
center of the Insurgents U played , and In
compliment to the Americans the national
airs of our country nro also given.
M Ainlrn salve.
The best salyc In the world for cuts ,
tr-ilses. sores , ulcers , salt rheum , fever
fores , tetter , chapped bands , chilblains ,
corns and all ikln eruptions , and positively '
cures piles , or r.o pay required. It la guar-
nteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price ! 6 cents per box. For sr.U
by Kubn Co.
MYSTERIES OF OCEAN DEPTHS
Known Wonders of tbe Dcnp Concealed
from Me rial Eyes.
STUPENDOUS MOUNTAINS , VAST VAIL'.YS
"The < ! rent , ( Srn.v I , ! of ( ho I'lnlnt
of Oor.e" MmUim j rive In of the
l.ont mill Loved and
Mourned ,
Who Is there among us thnt has over seen
a lake , n peud , or a river bed laid dry that
1ms not felt nil iilmost childish Interest nnd
curiosity In the aspect of a portion of earth's
surface hitherto concealed from our gaze ?
The feeling Is probably universal , arising
frccn from the natural desire to penetrate
the unknown , nnd also from n primitive
nnxlety to know what sort of nn nbodo tbe
Inhabitants of the water possess , slnco wo
almost always consider tlio waterfolk to llvo
ns do the birds , really on land with tin ?
water for nn atmosphere. Hut If this curlos-
Itj b KO general with regard to the petty
depths , says n writer In the London Specta
tor , how greatly Is It Increased In respect
of the recesses of the sea. For there Is
truly the great unknown , the imdlscoverable
country of which , In spite of the constant
efforts of deep-sea expeditions , we know next
to nothing. Here Imagination may ( and
docs ) run riot , attempting the Impossible
task of reproducing the Impossible task cf
reproducing to our minds the state of things
In the llghtless , Rllent depths , where life , uc-
rordlng to our Ideas of It , Is Impossible the
true valley of the shadow of death.
Suppose that It were possible for some
convulsion of nature to lay bare , let us
say , the entire bed of the North Atlantic
ocean. With one bound the fancy leaps at
the prospect of a rediscovery of the lost
continent , the fabled Atlantis whose wonders
have had so powerful nn effect upon the
Imaginations of mankind. Should we be able
to roam through those stupendous halls ,
climb , those towering temple heights reared
by the giants of nn elder world , or gaze with
stupefied wonder upon the miajestlc ruins of
cltlea to which Habylon or Palmyra with all
their mountainous edifices were but as a su
burban townlct ? Who knows ? Yet maybe
the natural wonders apparent In the foun
dations of such soaring masses as the
Azores , the Cape Verde Islands , or the Ca
naries ; or , greater still , the altitude of such
remote and lonely pinnacles as those of the
St. Paul's rocks , would strike us as more
marvelous yet. To thread the cool Intrica
cies of the "still vcxt Bcrmoothcs" lit their
basements nnd seek out their caves where
the sea monsters dwell who never saw the
light of day , to wander 'at will among the
windings of that strange maze of reefs that
cramp up the outpouring of the beneficent
gulf stream nnd make it Issue from Its
source with that turbulent energy that car
ries It , laden with blessings , to our shores ,
what a pilgrimage that would bo ! Imagine
the _ vision of that great chain of islands ,
which wo call the West Indies , soaring up
from the vast plain 6,000 feet below , with
nil the diversity of form and color belong
ing to the lovely homes of the coral In
sects , who build ceaselessly for themselves ,
yet all unconsciously rear alnblo abodes for
mankind.
A AVelnl Slirlit.
It would bo an awful country to view , this
suddenly exposed floor of the sea. A barren
land of weird outline of almost unimagina
ble complexity of contour , but without any
beauly such is as bestowed upon the dry
earth by the kindly sun. For Us beauty
depends upon the sea , whose prolific waters
ore peopled with llfo so abundantly that even
the teeming earth is barren as compared
with the ocean. But at Its greatest depths
all the researches that man has been able
to prosecute go to prove that there is little
life. The most that goes on there Is the
steady accumulation of the dead husks of
once living organisms settling slowly down
to form who knows what new granites , mar
bles , porphyries , against the time when an
other race on a recognized earth shall need
them. Hero there Is nothing fanciful , for
if we know anything at all of prehistoric
tlmcfi , It Is that what Is now high land , not
to sny merely dry land , was once lying cold
nnd dormant at the bottom of the sea , being
prepared throughout , who can say what un
realizable periods of time , for the use
and enjoyment of Its present lords.
Not until wo leave the rnyless
gloom , the Incalculable pressures , and uni
versal cold of those tremendous depths do
wo find the sea-floor beginning to abound
with life. It may even bo doubted whether
anything of man's handiwork , euch as there
Is about n ship foundering in mid-ocean ,
would ever reach , In a recognizable form , the
bottom of the sea at a depth of more than
2,000 fathoms. There is an idea , popularly
current among seafarers , that sunken ships
In the deep sea only go down a certain dis
tance , no matter what their build , or how
ponderous their cargo. Having reached n
certain atratum they then drift about , slowly
disintegrating , derelicts of the depths ,
swarming with strange denizens , the shad
owy fleets of the lost nnd loved nnd mourned.
In time , of course , as the great solvent getw
In Its work they disappear , becoming part of
their surroundings , but not for hundreds of
years , during which they pass and ropass at
the 'will of the undercurrents that every
where keep the whole body of water In the
ocean from becoming stagnant and death-
dealing to adjacent shores. A weird fancy ,
truly , but surely not more strange than the
silent depths about which it Is formulated.
S m : ii ii I n i ; tilt' Deep * .
In his marvelously penetrative way Kip
ling has touched this theme while ringing
the "Song of the English : "
The wrecks dissolve about us ; their dust
drops down * from afar-
Down to the dark the utter dark , where the.
blind whlto spn-pnnkes arc.
There. Is no Hound , no echo of sound , In the
desert's ' of the deer ) .
On the grwit gray level plains of ooze where
the shell-burred cables c-reoji.
Hero In the womb of the world here on the
tie-ribs of onrth.
Words , nnd HIP words of men , dicker nnd
llutter and beat
Warning , narrow and gain , salutation nnd
inirth
For a Power troubles the Still that haa
neither voice nor feet.
Surely the Imagination must bo dead In
deed thnt does not throb reaponslvo to the
thought of that latter-day workmanship of
wire and rubber descending at the will -of
man into the vast void , and run
ning its direct course over moun
tain ranges , acrosa sudden abysses
of lower depth , through the turbulence
lenceof up-bursting submarine torrents ,
where long-pent-up rivers compel the super
incumbent ocean to admit their saltle.js
waters ; until from continent to continent
the connection Is made and man holds con-
VCIHO with man at his ease , as though dis
tance wcro not. Recent Investigations go to
prove that chief among the causes that make
for destruction of those communicating ca
ble ? are the upheavals of lost rivers. In
'
pplto of the protection that scientific luven-
tlon has provided for thu central core
of conducting wire , three Irresistible out-
hursts of uiidcrtea torrents rend and destroy |
It , causing ondlesg labor of replacement by '
tha never-resting cable ships. Uut this \e \
only one of the many deeply Interesting
features of oceanography , a science of com
paratively recent growth , but full of gigantic
possibilities for the future knowledge of IhU
planet. The researches of thu Challenger ,
expedition , embodied In flfly portly volume ? . '
alTord a vast maes of material for dwuigl.n , i
anJ yoi It Is evident that what they reveal
Is but the merest tentative dipping into thc <
ere.it mysterious land thai lies hidden far
In-low the level surface of the msi ratable
tea.
V , or ) ; ( if K.\iliirer | .
That veteran man of science. Sir John
Murray , has In s recent paper ( Iloyal ideo
graphical Society's Journal. October ) pub-
llshetl hi * presidential address to the geographical
graphical section of- the British association
tit Hover , and even to the ordinary nonscientific -
scientific reader his wonderful resume of
v hnt has been done In the way of exploring
thfe ocean's depths must he ns entrancing .is
a fairy tale. The mere mention of such .1
chasm as that existing In the South Pacific ,
between the Kcrmadecs and the Friendly
Islands , where n depth of 5,155 fathoms , or
fiJO feet moro than five geographical miles ,
has been found , strikes the lay mind wltx
awe. Mount Everest , that stupendous Him
alayan peak , whose minimi ! soars far above
the utmost efforts of even the most devotrd
mountaineers , a virgin fastness mocking
mnn's soaring ambition. If sunk In the ocean
nt the spot just mentioned would disappear ,
until Its highest point was 2,000 feet below
the surface. Yet. out of that nbyss rises the
vrlcnnlc mass of Sunday island In the Ker-
madees , whoso crater Is probably S.nno trot
above the sea level , Hut In no less than
forty-three areas visited by tbe Challenger ,
depths of over 3,000 fathoms have been
found , nnd their total urea Is estimated at
7,152.000 square miles , or about 7 per cent
of the total water surface of theglobe. . With
in these deeps are found many lower deeps ,
strangely enough generally In comparatively
close proximity to land , such as the Tus
cnrora deep , near Japan , one In the Uanda
8.0.1 , that Is to say , In the heart of the East
India archipelago , etc. Down , down Into
these mysterious waters the Ingenious
sounding machine runs , taking Its fiur
miles and upward of pianoforte wire , until
the sudden stoppage of the swift descent
marks the dial on deck with the exnct num
ber of fathoms tcached. And yet so vast Is
the ocean bed thnt none can say with any
ccrtnlnty thnt far greater depths may not yet
be found than any that have hitherto been
recorded , amazing ns they nrc.
The character of the ocean lloor at all
these vast depths , ns revealed by the sound
ing lube bringing specimens to the sur
face la Identical red clay which strikes
the fancy qticerly as being , according to
most ancient legends , the substance out of
which our first ancestor was bulldcd , and
from whence he derived his name. Mingled
with this primordial ooze Is found the debris
of once living forms , many of them of extinct
species , or species , nt any rate that have
never come under modern man's observation
except as fossils. The whole story , how
ever , demands far more space than can here
bo allowed , but ono more Instance must bo
given of the wonders of the sea bed In con
clusion. Let a violent storm displace any
considerable body of surface water , nnd lo !
to tnko its plnce , up rises nn equal volume
of cold under Inyers that have been resting
fnr below the influence of the sun. Like a
pestilential mldsma these chill waves seize
upon the myriads of the sea folk and they
die. The tale of death Is Incalculable , but one
example Is mentioned'by Sir John Murray of
a case of this kind off the eastern coast of
North America In the spring of 1SS2 , when a
layer of dead fish and other marine animals ,
six feet In thickness , was believed to cover
the ocean for many miles.
A III-HIMIT'S IIO.MA.M-'K.
S ( rn n lie Courtship 11 ml Marriage "f "
MlNHourl UeeliiNe.
The marriage of J.-AV. Hedgers of "Her
mitage Castle , " Chnrlton river woods , Mis
souri , bachelor of G3 , to Mrs. Nannie Hu-
lett of Bynlimvllle , Mncon county , was the
culmination of ns pretty a llttlo romnnce as
ever graced the pages of fiction.
Hedgers Is a Mncon county pioneer , re
lates the St. Louis Olobe-Democrnt. Ever
einco nnyone living can remember he baa
been domiciled in nftut on the banks of
the Chnrlton , in thb Angles' , isolated nnd
almost dead to the world. In one corner
of the cabin , however ; is n library. The
books nro standard and well worn. The
owner of them affects , the typical trapper
costume of sixty ycara ago. With him the
world has not advanced since ho first saw
the light. These who have shared his hos
pitality say his knowledge Is good up to the
present century.Ho has derived it , of
couise , from his books. Steam , electricity
and telegraphy were unknown forces to
him. To those whs have invaded the her
mit In his lair ho has proven nn interesting
host , but he does not court society that Is ,
until" this thing happened. His companions
are two dogs and a violin. The instrument
Is a wonder. It looks like It might have been
used by Nero to celebrate the prearranged
cataclysm nt Home. People have Journeyed
fifty miles to hear It played.
Last fall n year ago there was a merry
party of campers not far from the "castle. "
Doth sexes composed it marrl l couples
and youngsters out for a frolic. One night
there wns n terrific storm nnd the tents af
forded scnnt protection. While the winds
were howling like n blast from hades nnd
the lightning Intense enough to hall from
the same resort , Hedgers , lantern In hand ,
visited the camp and invited the suffering
picnickers in out of the wet. When all were
comfortably seated around the blazliig
hearth , he reverently hauled out his old vie
lin. Then followed what those present speak
of ns the moat weird scene they had ever
witnessed. Whllo the thunder crashed and
great trees were snapping the old man ,
seated high on a sort of shelf , like an en
throned nrchangel. ground out n collection
of tunes no one recognized , but were beau
tiful beyond'expression. . With that old
moth-eaten Instrument he pleaded for mercy ,
sorrowed for the dead nnd cncournged the.
living. All had heard violin music , but they
had never heard anything like that before.
The fiddle In the player's hands wns like
something alive. The listeners forgot about
the storm nnd everything else.
Among the crowd wns Mrs. Hulott , a
handsome widow of 30 and she looks
younger. When the music stopped her eyes
wore Hwlmmlng. . Hut there were other eyes
In the pome fix nnd some owned by men ,
too. Mrs. Hulett walked over nnd held out
her hand to the musician. She rememhored
nftorwnrd that his trembled ns It grasped
hers. On almost any other occasion the
Jolly crowd would have laughed , but that
night the act seemed entirely proper.
Next day the parly broke up nnd the
trapper wns nlone with his dogs and his
fiddle. Hut he found something near the
cabin , and It started thoughts that might
hnvo caused his old comrades Jealousy had
they known It. He kept the article a week
nnd then set out with his gun. The dogs
wrro to keep house until ho returned , because -
cause this wasn't to be n hunting trip-
not of the regular kind. After making a
few timid Inquiries among the villagers
ho went to a pretty llttlo cottage and
knocked. Mrs. Hnlott came to the door. He
flushed under bin tanned skin nnd stood
like a great awkward hey , holding a g'ove '
In one hand and the gun In the other "You
left this il'iwn there , " he Bald. ( The rlove
may have been worth a half dollar. ) "And
you walked twfiity-fivo miles to tn-v. . . . nn
this ? " she asked. Then ho saw he had laid
bis heart bare nnd was worse confused than
over. She mndo him come In. and us she
wns a good talker soon had him nt ease. >
Then ho began In his quiet way. Ho told
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of adventures with Indians , tracking the j
grizzly nnd deer ; stories of wild winters j
nnd Icy perils. Hedgers was good Icoklng j
and vigorous In spite of his age. His bear-1
Ing save In the presence of women was
soldierly and his eyes were wonderfully
alert. lie remained In the village a week.
Then whispers came to his ears and he fled.
Hut he took something with him.
Ho found "tho family" none the worse for
his Irng stay. They had not heard of their
master's queer capers and wouldn't have
believed It If they had
Uist summer a clearing was made some
dutan"it from the cabin and a modern , cnm-
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fortnble cottage built In the cent or. A iic.it
picket fence inclosed the grounds nnd
road was constructed to the highway. Thr
trapper abandoned hunting nnd went I-
fnrmlng. He had saved nearly all th
money ho had received In years go'.ie ! >
for furs nnd game. Ho will want for noth
ing atoncy can buy.
After n ( inlet ceremony by 'Squire J. M
Holman In Macon a mlHtress wns Instnllc
In the hotiHo nnd the dogs were told the
would have to stay outside. The old violin
however , Is permitted to occupy an ho-norec
place above the fireplace In recognition o'
the part It played in bringing these tw
henrts together. If the fairies carol t' '
speak they might suggest that honors be
divided with a hunting glove lhat was "ac
cldentally" dropped , but , like the adtoi
politician , they're "not saying a word. "
1-'MHTI\I3S ; MAIMS KHOM DllKAMS.
Inventors Cnii Tell of Some Slrunue
"It Is remarkable how Ideas of an Inven
tlvo nature occur to me , " remarked Hour.- .
Holllngsworth , n Cleveland Inventor , to
Washington Post reporter. "Frequently
when engaged upon problems In mechanics-
1 bnve gene to bed and dreamed what
seemed to bo a perfect solution of that
which had been uppermost In my mind dur
Ing tbe day. Hut the trouble is that upon
awakening , while recollecting perfectly tha'
I had dreamed the solution , It was impossible
siblo to recall the details necessary to ; i
practical application of my idea. You know
it Is said of tbo automatic car coupler , of
the double-jaw type , that tbo originator of
the Idea was a telegraph operator , who.
while leaning back In his chair with hi
hnnds clnsped behind his head , wns brought
to his senses by the blowing of n locomotiv
whistle. That noise served ns a coiine"tlu ( . '
link for bis thoughts. With bis hnnds stli :
clasped , sailor fashion , ho slowly brought
them nround In front of htm and wondered
why the cars of that train could not be con
nected with one Another In the snrno way
his hands were hooked together. As n re
sult of this curiously suggested Idcnv
have the almost universally used c.ir
coupler , the two jaws of which fit Into cac'.i
other nnd clasp nftcr the manner of thn
human hnnds ,
"There Is a western Inventor who tells of
dreaming of railroad spikc one night last
summer. Ho saw nround him nothing bu :
spikes , hundreds and thousands of them
nnd tons nnd tons piled up in front of him.
But these spikes differed from any other hi-
bad ever seen in that the four faces were
grooved. Ho thought about those spllun
when be woke up , nnd next night snw more
spikes than ever in his dream. Then be
became convinced thnt those spikes vA-re
intended as the foundation for the fortuni'
that he had been striving for. As the result
the western man has applied for n patent
upon the Invention , which It is claimed of
fcct n saving of 20 per cent In the ste 1
used nnd makes n cbenpcr nnd better means
of holding the rail to the tic than hereto
fore employed. "
Story of Some ( iiiiledil Snvnue * .
Detroit Journal : Once upon n time ther
were some guileful navages , who resolve
to fop civilized at small cost to themselves.
Accordingly , they spent $750 in the con
structlon of a salted gold mine in the !
midst.
The next day It rained , but the day aflc
that the genius of the Anglo-Saxon rae
cnme on the keen jump , with cannon an
lied Cross nurses , nnd civilized these sa\
ages.
ages.When
When the invaders discovered the decel
that had been practiced upon them , thel
chagrin knew no bounds.
For they had no gold , while the native
bad civilization.
"Pull up ! " That's the counsel very
often given by a well meaning person tea
a friend who
is slipping
down the road
' " - * > > of alcoholism.
And when the
answer comes
" I can't '
stop , " the
man i : > perhaps
reproached for
the cowardice
of that phrase ,
"I can't. "
Hut intem
perance is only a form of disease , and
there may come a time in the progress
of any disease when it can't be stopped.
That's what we mean when we talk of
"galloping consumption. " It's like a
horse running away with us. We can't '
stop it.
Strength will stop the wildest horse.
Strength is the great necessity in the
stopping of disease. Dr. Piercc's Golden
Medical Discovery has cured thousands
who had obstinate ccviigh , bronchitis ,
' .veal : lungs , spitting of blood , emacia
tion , and similar ailments which if neg
lected or unskilfully treated lead to con
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lungs and giving them power to throw
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"I had Iireti troubled with bronchitis nnd
catarrh of thr bead for cljjliL year * ; had Revere
couch a' ! ' ' a' times great difficulty In bri.f- :
i S. " writes J.V Howertun. K i. of Iligfall ,
Hancock Co. , Teiiu. " A portion of the time my
appetite was poor and part of the time I was
unable to do anything I had l > cen treated by
our best country physicians for several year * but
with little benefit. I had been reading alx > ut
your medicine for several years hut hidn't much
faith in it. Ixist spring I concluded tl'at I would
try it aud before I had taken one-third of r.
bottle of Dr. Tierce's Golden Mcdic.il Uitcov
cry and ' I'lcasant relicts' I began to mend
I continued taking it until I had taken bcvi-u
bottles Now I ( eel like a new n.nu and can do
as hard a day's woik as any nun. I trlvisc all
of my friends who are diseased to take Doctor
I'ierce'n Golden Medical Discovery "
l "ree. The People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser free. Send r.tamps to
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one-cent stamps for paper cover ? ' , or v
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