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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.'
THE SAILOR.
Wide n-r thn nrenn ml lllitntn wm flMhlnf.
Hivh im the lnr wil l billow were lhln(
Diirk In tltfl nk -ntorm nwnllowi were Hying; ,
I."v In hid liHintiKo'k a nlliir wm ItItik,
DronmltiK nf k I n1 r-l and friend with a sigh,
'1 he happy home loft - bis fortune to try.
Utile he thnufrht In the buttle of life
How mueli would he found (o unt in the utrlfej
Hut the h sions of lime soon nuvle him Aware
That he who ima oonrniro to do Rtirt tn dure
Will ever Ik ft'srUm, while tithe despair.
And are cowardly crying, Do ware 1 Beware I
Who douhtu that fiorf' nlitnn are all for the beitf
Surely not he who In hammoi'k at rest
Sweetly N drenuilnii of lorrd onea on shore.
A waiting the day he can tea tliera once more,
Ihit let there eome weal or lot there oome woo.
The nn lor will meet It a friend or a fo.
hen he he trs the loud call, up aloft to go,
A ln.uk hooj his uuchor, all ready to stow.
William Hattoooe.
FACES IN THE TUNiNEL
Ylnn a yotins man I was frwiuent
ly railed to London on busine", and
uiy place of alnulu being at a con
siderable ili.Miunoe from town, tha
Bivntcr )i:irt of the day was occupied
by the Journey. I utarted one morn
inn a usual. Kettins Into a carriage
In which were some half dozen per
sons besides myself. Wo were not a
very eoiiiiniuiieiillve party. Two gou
tlemeti. I recollect, slept nearly tho
whole of the way to London; ami one,
who sat cpposlie me, was burled la
his newspaper. Our train d'.d not stop
at many p.iints, but at ono of tho
pr'neipal stations wliich tho lino
pa.-srs. Just before entering a tuu
liel of s.inie length, lamps were put
Int all the carriages. I recollect,
after we started, watching the sides of
the cutting, which rose higher and
higher as we went on, till, with a
shriek, the engine rushed Into tho
tunnel, and all outside the carriage
was darkness.
IVeple who are not In the habit of
.! mrti.-yiiig much by railway have
i fien a dislike to tunnels. 1 am aware:
ir.ir. being a .constant traveller, I had
no such feeling, and 1 could not, there
fore, account for tin unpleasant sen
sation which I experienced on enter
ing tii.' tunnel on this occasion a
chilly, uneasy, feeling, which Increas
ed rather than diminished as we sped
on. I did not feel lonely, for the light
of our lamp foil brightly on the faces
of my fellow passengers. I could see
two of them were still sleeping. My
friend opposite had, for tho lirst tlnia
dur'ng the Journey, put down his
newspaper: and of two ladles In the
carriage with us, oue was stroking the
head of a little girl, who appeared
to be the only person at all uneasy
except myself. Mechanically, I fell to
looking at the reflection of my face
upon the window, which tho outer
darkness had changed Into a mirror,
giving back the whole iuterlor of the
carr'age. The uneasy fevllng increas
ed, and I suddenly became Impressed
with the Idea that tho reflection was
not that of my face, but of some one
else's. As I looked, the conviction
strengthened. It was not my face. It
was the face of a man of about, my
own age; but the hair was light, and
the features were totally different
from my own.
I can see the face now; it was look
ing Intently at me: the thin Hps were
pressed tightly together; and around
tho mouth there played a peculiar sin
ister smile. The reflection of the
whole Inside of the carriage was plain
enough, but, beside this figure, there
was only one more occupant; I saw
the reflection of none of my fellow
travellers sitting by me. The other
figure was that of a woman, who was
standing tip behind the first figure.
The light from above soenvid to fall
full upoa her face, which was one of
great beauty, but disfigured by a look
or Intense hatred and scorn, which
Fho darted out of her dark eyes upon
l?r companion.
My only accusation now, I recollect,
was curiosity; all fear had vanished;
I how them as plainly as 1 now see
my hand, and notirt'd that the wo
man was magnificently dressed, wear
ing. In particular, a blaze of Jewelry,
that sparkled strangely In harmony
with the lurid light of her dark and
terrible eyes. She seemed for one
mom -nt to heslto In some purpose;
the nost Jier hands were flung up,
and I fw a red cord wind itself
round her companion's throat. It was
clutched with fearful fury. I saw
two rows of cruel gleaming teeth glit
tering in concert with those eyes. But
ho vU::n! I shall never forget tho
ghastly grin of agony upon that visage
that deepened and deepened, and then
went out from the face that fell prone
the fncs of a dead man. I saw for a
moment tho woman's cruel eyes dart
fort U a look of fiendish triumph, her
cruel hands smitten together, her
tr.nith moulded Into a cruel laugh.
Then we whirled out Into the daylight
and 1 saw my friend opposite quietly
uik'tig up hid newspaper again.
My eiitoi'oiis, while witnessing the
ler: "o!e spectacle 1 have Just describ
ed, gave place to a lethargy whicn
lasted while I remained In tho train.
My recollections all seemed imperfect.
My busine.-s, my destination, tho
p!;io I had started from, the time of
day- 1 seemed confused on all these
1 nts; an, I it was only when I step-p-l
.'nto the street, and felt tho cool
breesi-- on my face, that I recovered
se'i'-iKsi ssio'i. These disagreeable
efrVcu. However, passed off as my
ri'oi-.ghts w'vo diverted into fresh
( i. iaa' Is. The real and tangible
'Aor'.d in which I was moving soon
g t the better of the terrible vision in
:t " mind: aad being naturally iin
vuieiu of m.-.il ' - and superstitious
a lions, 1 soon persuaded myself that
I must have been sleeping in the rail
way carr'age, and that I must have
very much frightened with a
dream, due probably to indigestion.
Practical man as I profess to be, I
was n t going to expose myself to tho
ridicule of other pract'eal Individuals
by n!!i:r; the:'.; into my confidence.
T too went I dieted myself a lit
tl' ; I travelled heme by another route,
-: v !vi mote visions; nnd. In tho
eo-irso of n i:. nth, 1 only recollected
tie inr-id 'i:t of the tunnel as I should
r;y other pecui'ar dream, the iinpres
i,:i of which the circumstances of n
' -y working life had not obliterated.
A few l.ioii'iH after my Journey to
London, 1 had occasion to make nil-
tiier Journey of some length. In a dlf.
t f iu direction.- 1 got Into tho train
msed through the tunnels unscathed
1 found myself at nightfall in a
fttitry town, to wh'ch I was a per
U'c; stranger. I took lodglug for tho
night at a large, old-fashioned Inn,
which, in the coaching days, must
liave been a place of nonio Importance.
How often one meets with acquaint
ances In the most unlikely places! I
recognised In the host a man whom I
had known many years before; In
fact, when 1 was a mere boy. He
had been brought up in a lawyer's
office. In the town where I was born;
but having no fancy for a sedentary
life, by help of a small sum of money
left li i m by a relative, ho had gone
out to the Cape, where he was report
ed to be doing well. He was evident
ly much gratified at seeing me, and
told me that Jie had had a great many
experiences, had made money and lost
It, but was now In comfortable cir
cumstances, and living a quiet life,
which suited him Jiest after the rough
ing which he had gone through. He
conducted me into a well furnished
apartment a privato silting room
communicating with the bar where,
all unconscious of what was to fol
low. 1 prepared myself for passing an
agreeable evening.
I don't believe In presentments, for
surely if one should put any faith In
them, now was the time for a very
different sensation from that I ex
perienced, as, after partaking of sub
stantial refr.hnieiit In my friend's
sanctum. I accepted the tender of an
excellent cigar, and drew my chair
to the tire, very much at ease, and
congratulating myself on the good for
tune which had led me to seek the
shelter of so hospitable a roof. My
friend apologized for the absence of
"the wife," ns he called her. but said
that I should make her acquaintance
In a few minutes, ns she would by
that time have finished some domes
tic task that she was then engaged In.
I remember I was speculating as to
what kind of a lady "the wife" would
prove to be, when a side door opened,
and I saw what gave me n thrill of
horror. Wearing the same dress,
loaded wl;h the saiiie Jewelry, regard
ing me with the same dark and ter
rible eyes, stood the woman of tho
tunnel. With appalling distinctness
the whole of that horrible circum
stance recurred to me and there she
was.
I cannot tell the expression which
my countenance wore, but 1 know my
friend looked disconcerted; he must
have noted the chrtngo that came over
me, nnd wondered what should cause
it. lint here I must note another pe
culiarity In this terrible meeting; if I
recognized this woman as Identical
with tho apparition which I had seen
!n tho tunnel, she, too, recognized mo
ns Identical with some one or some
thing which she had seen. I could
see deleted on her countenance, first
horror, and then fear, nnd then the
same look of hate that tho apparition
had darted on the other figure which
I saw in the tunnel. I don't know
what our greeting was like. I gasp
ed out something, as I took her hand,
and she did the same, and then ab
ruptly retired. I apologized to my
friend, told him I had never seen the
lady before, as Indeed I had not, add
ing that I had a nervous affection,
which must account for my extraor
dinary conduct. Still, as may bo sup
posed, ho seemed far from satisfied;
and for my part, any one may imagine
the state of my feelings. The lady
remained In tho bar, and as I glanced
at her furtively, I could see that she
was rogard'ng me with a steady gaze
of Intense fear and aversion. How
I wished I had never visited tho houso
the town. What was to be Hone?
What would come of It all?
One thing I felt I could not sit
there longer; I could not decently re
sume my conversation with tho land
lord. I could do one thing I could go
to bed. I accordingly told my host
that I felt unvell, and would retire
for the night. He said nothing, but
fetched a candlestick, and motioned
me to follow him.
The chamber to which the landlord
conducted me did not wear a reassur
ing aspect, in spite of a bright fire
which was "burning in the grate. It
might have been a haunted room; tho
antique bed furniture, the huge, lum
bering chairs, the quaint pattern of
the paper on the walls all spoke of
those who had passed away.
My host having bade me good night
I threw myself into a chair, and be
gan to reflect. After all I had seen,
It was not to be wondered nt if I was
In an uneasy state of mind. This wo
man, for nome reason, evidently re
garded me with fear and hatred, and
was I safe? Could I trust myself to
slumber? Might she not visit me, nnd
while I slept, repent the tunnel In
cident? Tor, ns I had not tho least
doubt of her identity with tho appari
tion I had seen, I had come to believe
that she bad really committed a mur
der. Could I, wearied ns I was, keep
awake? The moon was shining Into
the room; I tried to imagine the as
pect of her face by that light, and
the idea of meeting her alone was too
much for me. It was true I had look
my door, but then she might possess
a key, or, if not, I doubted if a rick
ety lock would present an Insuperable
obstacle to an enemy of so determin
ed a character.
As things did not look very promis
ing inside, I pulled up my blind, nnd
looked out. Below mo was tho inn
yard, down Into which tho full moon
was shining t brightly that I could
have counted every pnvlug stone. Two
heavy, lumbering gates, unclosed,
were in front of me, leading Into the
street, nut! right under my window
stood a cart with a load of straw.
Tho height was not great, and in half
a minute I was out of my window,
and plump down upon the straw,
without anybody being the wiser. I
slid down from the load, and out of
the yard I walk'"', and across tho
street. A little public house chanced
to be sMU open, for it was not late,
ntid here I speedily engaged abed.
The parlor company I found much
nioro numerous than select. However,
I was fain to make one of the party,
and though it may not enhance my re
putation for courage, yet I am bound
to say that, despite certain turbulent
proceedings. I never more heartily rel
ished tho society of my fellow-creatures
In my life
The first th'ng I heard the next
morning was the startling intelligence
that, but a few minutes after tho
landlord had conducted me to the
room whence I hail m idif my escape,
his wife had suddenly expired. A
medical man was called In, and stated
that the cause of death was lieart
disease an opinion which a subse
quent post-mortem examination of tln
body showed to tx correct. 1, how
ever, thought It necessary, ns briefly
as possible, to narrate to the landlord
the whole of tho occurrences of which
I hail rVen a witness, and, as may be
exiected, the recital affected him con
siderably, though whether lie believed
that what I described had actually
happened, or was the fruit of an
overwrought Imagination, I cannot
say. Tho woman was, however, dead,
aud none could tell the cause of her
strange conduct on encountering mo;
whether her feelings were similar to
my own, or whether, whatever they
might be, they were caused by tho
cold touch of approaching death.
The woman being deceased. I did
not think it necessary to make the
particulars .of this business further
known. Tho husband told me volun
tarily that ho had married his wlfo
at tho Cape, whither she had nrrlved
only n few months previously from
ICngland. He confessed that he
knew but little of her previous his
tory. Hero, then, tho matter was
allowed to rest. I took leave of my
host on the following day, and iliavo
never met him since.
Due thing remains to be told. Quito
by accident, I subsequently learned
Hint, shortly before my - memorable.
Journey to London, the body of a
man, fearfully mangled by passing
trains, had been taken up at tho
mouth of the tunnel.
Tan Atlantis be Held a Best Serpent?
There seems to bo" no longer any
doubt that the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany Is building "Atlantis." the new
structure of Iron nnd cement which
proposes to defy the laws of nations
on the high seas, and send ambas
sadors to every court. Concerning
this enterprise, a well-known New
Yorker said recently:
"The I'nited States government, let
us concede, has no existing legal right
to blow this concern out of the water,
and certainly these men would not In
vest millions without having takeu
the best advice obtainable from ad
miralty lawyers. l?ut why should not
the I'nited Slates government usurp
such a right, and then fall back upon
the Supreme Court to sustain it, on
the plea that equity demands that tho
government owes a duty to its citi
zens to preserve them from being vic
timized by swindles of any sort? We
are beginning to find out that wo are
a nation and, as such. Justified In ex
ercising autocratic privileges occasion
ally, liesides, the lottery company, as
an lllegeal organization, would have
no standing In court and be thrown
out. A man-of-war ought to treat At
lantis with Just the name degree of
consideration it would show a sea
serpent and no more. Obviously tho
lottery company hopes to make nn
American Monaco and tempt Its vic
tims to gamble by mall." New York
?ress.
He Threw Up the Job.
Speaking of William Dean Howell.,
the novelist, the Whisperer takes tho
privllego of relating tho following
story, of which he was a witness:
When tho Whisperer was In New
York two years ago one of the first
things he did was to call on John
Adams, formerly a Syracuse news
paper man, but then connoted with
the Cosmopolitan. Adams editorial
room was facing tho V, where Broad
way and Fifth avenue cross. John
Rrlsgen Walker's . room was east of
Adams', and Howells' was situated
on the west. Mr. Adams was Just
looking over a short story by Mrs. K.
Ilurton Harrison, when In came Will
lam Dean, his hair scrupulously
"banged" and a basket In his hands
filled with "rejecteds." William was
evidently angered nbout something,
and he spoke to Adams.
"Adams," he sa'd, "who accepted
this frivolous story?" pointing to one
he held In his hands.
Adams looked at It, and made tho
remark that probably Mr. Walker, tho
chief, had.
"Well," Jt shows very bad taste,"
said Howells. "anil I can't see how ho
let it go through his hands."
So he went into Walker's room. Mr.
AValker said to Mr. Howells that he
had accepted the story, and that ho
considered It a very good one, though
!t did come from an author unknown.
Mr. Howells stated his dislike of It
and of its questionable literary merit;
but his words did not affect Mr
Walker In the least. What he deem
ed necessary to tho success of tho
Cosmopolitan ho ncoepted. He be
lieved his Judgment to be ns good as
Howells .
This was the first rift in the lute
between tho famous author aud tho
famous editor. It was not over three
months after this little episode that
Howells resigned his desk, and de
voted his time to "A Traveler from
Alturla." As assistant of Walker ho
was drawing $17,rito; as a writer he
now draws $10,000. Another thing
that caused Howells to resign was the
hours. Ho was compelled to got down
to the office at 0 o'clock and remain
until n in tho nfteruoon. This, he
averred, interfered greatly with his
own work. The literary writers and
editors of New York call Howells the
"fat woman." because he Is so fussy,
Syracuse Post.
No Title.
The proper title of an ox-rrcslilont
Is Ills plain name, without prefex or
nnnex. A wrltur In tho outlook tolls
nn Incident Illustrative of this fact:
Col. Hay ouce had occasion to write
to Mr. Huohanan. Wishing to be very
correct and civil, I asked Mr. Hunter,
lie says, as the depository of all otll
cial traditions, what was the proper
title to use. He told niQ that the rank
of nn ex-Prenldeut was so liljrh that
no title would properly be used, nnd
That the ouly address for tho Saso of
Wheatland was James Huchanan. I
nfterward found that tills was the law
observed by the State department. I
imagine that very few correspondents
know or regard such a rule.
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destructive effect of the modern small
bore and hard-cased rllle bullet Is 11-
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Zwickau, when twelve soldiers of
Saxon Infantry were ordered to .fire
volleys from a distance of metre
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and about 40 centimetres thick. After
tho ninth" volley tho wall was simply
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