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THE fcClkAJsTON TKlJi UN E SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 4, 1814.
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QjItq tbs Palmist Tells Hew He Went
Gliost MM
MYSTERY OF II HAUNTED HOUSE
Tho Ghost Was There Sure Enough
nd Thoroughly Frightened the
Psychic Researchers Uncann
Manifestations by Day and Night
. Explained in a Very Materialistic
Manner at the Close of the Chapter.
Thrilling Experience That Will In
terest Tribune Readers.
Copyright, 18M, by tho American Press As
sociation, and Publiohed by Tim Tiuuo.nb
by Special Arruutjtue.it.
Th Society Fob Psychical Reseaiich, 1
. BUCKIMOUAM STKKKT. KthANU, V
London, W. C. )
MT Dear Frikxd Meet me toulfclit, Dlnck
beath staUon. 11 o'clock sharp. IJrlnn your re
volvcr may waut it. Don't dlmppolnt. In
baste, ' Max Maiiuiiam.
This strange epistlo arrived by special
messenger ono evening just an I wns pre
paring to join somo friends at a theater
party at tho Garrick. In ono way it was
disappointing, in another pleasant. Mnrk
bam was always on the trull of tho inter
esting, and as tho drama of lifo is mora
fascinating than the stage of art tho prom
ises of an exciting evening wcro fairly
good.
Tho few words in his letter meant to
tne another of tho many gliost hunts that
we had been so often engaged in together.
The coiumand,"Sriug your revolver, 1 ' was
Dot In the least startling or surprising. It
was in keeping with tho man's character.
That was all. He always hunted ghosts
with a revolver. It wus us necessary to
him as holy water would bo to a priest.
However, obeying instructions, I slipped
my British bulldog and some cartridges
into my pocket and sturtcd for tho train.
My friend Markhiun was one of theiliotst
activo members of tho Society For Psychic
al Research. Ho devoted his entiro timo
W OAL.UJ ... 1 U M V.IW V . ' a L. V . mvu.u .uu-
diums, ghosts or noises of any kind in
any part of the country, and yut ut heart
ho was a spiritualist, llo firmly believed
in tho communion between the living and
tho spirits of the dead. lie was a self
slectod censor, and in his censorship, al
though be excited tho enmity of tbo spir
itualists, he was in reality their friend by
.his expose of fraud and tbo relentless way
In which ho pulled up weeds of Imposture
by tho roots. "There is no subject that
lays itself so open to deception," he used
to say. "Because wo have proved fraud in
many cases, that does not prove it In all.
It is my duty to destroy tho weeds, lest
thoy, getting too strong, destroy the
Qowors of truth."
Mnx considered me a sensitive a clair
voyant although only onco did I show
him any evldenco in that direction, and
that was when ho wont without me to
"AH, ET 000D TIME!" 1TE SAID.
Manchostor to oxamlno into the caso of a
girl three months In a trance. Without
knowing be was returning I telegraphed:
"Don't take express sfltilght Walt."
And as it happened the express that night
was wrecked and nearly all its passengers
injured. At all events, there seemed somo
bond of sympathy between us, and thus it
came to pass that two very opposite na
tures became fast friends.
As the train rushed into the station I
aw 107 friend, with a small black bag In
his hand, pacing the platform from end to
end. "Ah, in good time," he said as I
lumped out "We bavo a good two mllu"
tramp before us, so don't ask any ques
tions now. I'll explain on the way. We
tnust reach our point of survey before 13
strikes."
"This sounds quite ghostly, Max," I
aid. "What s the oasof"
"Well," be answered, "It's the funniest
thing I've met lately. What it will turn
out is another thing, but up to now the
evidence lies in favor of tho good old fash
ioned ghost that walks at 12. The story
Is to the effect that tho house wo are about
to visit has as flno a record of blood as any
Undent oastla. It is qui to modern, built
In 1847 by the grandfather of its pres
ent ownor. It occupies a lonely site with
in a stono's throw of the ruins of an old'
abbey, and it Is front this very abbey that
all the trouble comes. It Is reported to be
haunted by the ghost of an old monk, and
Its career of crime Is laid on tho shaved
head of this early and long departed Chris
tian. The part I cannot reconcile is why
an old monk who died a fow hundred
years ago should turn up now to trouble
Wen behaved people at tho end of tho nine
teenth century.
"Since U was.oullt murder has fol
lowed murder, suicide followed suicide,
but yet there was no talk about any ghost
theory until within , the last 13 months,
and since then the old monk Booms to
have made himself master of the situation.
Tho present wnar a yoar ago while trav
eling In America one morning received the
startling news that his father had hung
himself in the collar, so he hurried home
With, a newly mode brido to take posses
sion. Ills .wife, a young and fearless
American! from some out cf tho way
place in Texas,- a woman who never heard
of ghosts, was the first to see the appari
tion. Qoing Into the nursery one night to
took after bar child, she found the nurse
asleep and the form of an old monk lean
ing over the cradle. She screamed, faint
ad, and when people come to her assistance
the monk had disappeared, and tha mark
At a dross was found on the child's fore
head. From that moment tho monk vis
ited them regularly. Even in the daylight
he might be seen walking down the cor
ridors and the stairways, and a strango
poise comineooed every night at 13 o'clock
that seemed to shake the house to its foun
dations. , The servants of course threw up
their plaoes and left, and tho only one that
tomulned, an old butler, a few days after
Ward was found hung in exaotly the same
place as the owner's father. Under these
elroum stances I can hardly wonder at
the people clearing out. Since then, though
the house bas remained empty, the noUos
are beard by evefy one who approaches the
house at midnight, and the form of the
old monk was seen no later than , .
by a man who lives here and whoso word I
bavo every reason to bellere. I have ar
ranged with him that we call at his house
on our way, all three of us to spend the
night in the old mansion, and then nous
verrons." '
To tell the truth, I did not quite fancy
the idea. Fortunately for mo, I only'half
bolicved tho story, and so, stepping out
briskly, we soon ruuehed tho pretty little
bouso belonging to Max's friend. This
man, Dr. Appleton, was tho Urst to revive
my fears. "Markhum," ho said solemnly,
"I'm half sorry I promised. This is too
serious a busiuess for us to meddle with.
I suw that thing auiu toduy in broad
dnyllght, and I nover in nil my life suw
such a devilish looking face." "Oh, bosh,
maul" suid Max. "It's too lato now to
turn back. Wo hay barely 15 minutes to
reach tho house. A brisk walk will pull
up your courage. Uomo on." Making
sonio remark about fools venturing where
angels four to trend, tho doctor put on his
coat, and in a fow moments wo woro again
under way.
A 10 minutes' walk brought us in sight
of tho old abbey. Cold uiul gaunt the
ruins looked in tho moonlight, like a skele
ton of tho past. At its back a wood of
pines swayed in tho night wind liko an
army of ghosts waiting for a lender, and a
llttlo further on, surrounded by the shadow
of tho trees, stood a dosolnto looking
house, with empty windows and broken
pnnos, the very picture of ull that was
huuntcd and uncanny. Making our way
under tho shadow of the trees, wo readied
the back of tho house and with u little dif
ficulty forced a window open and were
soon inside. By the light of tho moon
shining through tho blindiess windows
wo made our way to what appeared to bo
tho dining room, and then, closing tho
shutters uud lighting a solitary candle,
wo sot down 011 a oouplo of empty boxes
to awolt results. We hud not long towuit.
Exaotly as a neighboring clock struck 13
wo heard a sound that inado our very
hearts Btuud still. Wo sprung from our
seats and stood looking at ono another in
consternation uud disniuy. It seemed n3
if on tho very stroke of Id tho house had
received somo blow thut shook it to its
foundations. Every door seemed to open
nnd creak and bang ono after another as
tho wind moaned nnd swept on its way
from room to room. Instinctively wo
turned our eyes to the door of the chamber
wo occupied. It was open. There was
something standing thorn. Tho moon
flushed out from behind a cloud. It wus
the monk.
I could hear my hdurt beat like a drum.
I was almost sinking w ith fright when
suddenly, with a hollow, grating laugh,
tho llguro disappeared. In a Bccond we
had picked up our things, opened tho win
dow, jumped to tho lawn and wero run
ning as aist as legs would carry us in tho
direction of Apploton's house. Murkhuni
wns tho first to recover his composure.
"What darned fools we are, "ho said, "but
upon my word I nover got such a fright in
my life." That sentiment was heurtily in
dorsed by Appleton and myself, and we
both so strongly opposed tho idea of fur
ther investigation that Murkham gave in,
and the doctor put us up in his place for
tho night.
With the-daylight, however, our courage
returned, and after a good breakfast we
took a walk around tho old house be
foro returning to tho city and vowed thut
tho threo of us would mako another at'
tempt thut night to penetrate tho mystery.
Dnvlight is a wonderful tiling for dis
pelling ghosts and ghostly fears, and wo
could hardly bellovo thut wo wcro the
samo men who the night before ran as fust
as legs could carry from that very room
that the following morning wo so con
tentcdly examlnod. It was exactly as we
bad loft it. There were tho two boxes on
which we sat, there the grease of tho
candle, and ' there the opon window
through which we had fled.
The doctor was inclined to regard the
matter in a very grave light. Up to that
moment he bad not given much thought
to tho domain of ghostlnnd. Ho therefore
considered tho apparition a direct rcbuko
for such negligence. Murshara simply be-
lioved that his eyes hud deceived him, but
how we three saw the same thing and
heard that awful laugh he could not ex
plain. Wo visited all tho rooms, saw the
nursery where the monk had been seen
bonding over the child, and lastly turnod
our attention to the basement. Tho col
lars were largo and freely admitted light,
except one which faced toward tho abbey.
When wo entered tho latter and got accus
tomed to tho darkness, a grewsomo sight
met our eyes, which startled us nmrly as
much as did tho apparition of the previous
night. Hanging from a beam in tho ceil
lng was tho rope and nooso by which tho
Unfortunate butler had hung himself,
'I'here It had remained, white with mold,
winging softly in the draft, a grim trophy
BWINOINO IN THE MOOSE OF DEATII.
of a irrewsomo pa6t. Without a word we
turned away from tho horrltyo relic, nnd
having agreed to como down' that night
nnd make oao moro attempt to interview
tbo ghost Murkhum and myself returned
to town.
Night came. Again' I met my friend
at ' ackheath station., , J.I13 had a man
wit hlm-n dotoofclvo from Scotland
Yarv named Mitchell, who hud often uo
com pmitod us on stich Expeditions. So,
without delay, starting oiT at a brisk pace,
we crossed the lonely common and reached
the doctor's house . Appleton was at first
a llttlo annoyed at the presenco of a detect
ive. Ho declared that Murkham's skepti
cism would provoko tho apparition, to do
us mlsehlef.nnd.it was onjy after coitsWSr-
tfble discussion -that., wo .prevailed upon
him to accompany us1. 4 ' "' v
The prosonoa ot a representative of the
law had, however, tho effoot of stimulat
ing pur canrago to a great-extent; so, chat
ting and laughing as if It wero a fox hunt
and npt that of a ghost, we brokon upon
the silence of the abbey. Sitting on a dis
mantled tomhfltono, we lookod towurd tho
bouse., debating unon orir plan of attack.
Mitohell was for dividing the party, two
to go to tbo collar, where tho rope hung,
and two to koep watch in tho dining room,
Alas I tho oousago of tho Invaders was not
equal to suoli n trial, ojuV-li wasjivantuul
ly decided tliafcwri .should allioco to
gether, but est&lillsji.Vour. guard In. thp
lurgo.enwaijcyHuypflegor VW1.""
ing room,
Onco moro we huntlarlously entered by
a baokQBoWjjvt wero soon crouched
togethcron hio Door In a dark corner of
the old fashioned ball. We wore so brave
that wo would' -not evan bavo a light, but
that was not neoessury, as tho moonlight,
shliiloa J though a largo window over tho
life
!li II!
door, made tho entire plnco as bright as
day. Twolve o'clock camo. wo could hear
tho neighboring church dock ohimo the
hour, but nothing happened. Tho stillness
of doatb reigned in tho old place. Mark
ham was intensely dtsappolted, tho doe-
tor seemed relieved, wlillo Mitchell evi
dently considered us a purty of fools und
himself tlm greatest fool for coming.
"Why, Mr. Murkhnm," ho said, "wo
never had a 'soil' liko this buforo. Wo
haven't had even us much us somo table
rapping. The ghost hasn't given us a fair
run for our money." After somo discus
sion wo agreed to again reconnotlur the
oollur, and without lighting our oundlus
we groped our way from passago to pas
sage, but found, to our surprise, tho cellar
door closed. Mitchell, looking through tho
keyhole, announced in mi awestruck whls
per thut somothiiig peculiar seemed to bo
swinging in the center. Tho doctor shiv
ered. Ho remembered thut the only thing
thut could be In the center was thut ghast
ly trophy of death. Mnrkham wns tho
next to peep through. Wo .could see a
tremor puss through his body, nnd, white
as a sheet, ho turned away. Neither tho
doctor nor myself cured to take his pluco;
so, drawing back, wo mado way for Mitch
ell, who wus preparing to burst tho door
opon. Just ub ho was about to spring,
VFI.t'KO OUll.SEI.VE3 AOAIXST THE DOOR."
however, It suddenly swung back, and the
Bight that met our eyes utmost paralyzed
our senses.
Swinging in tho noose of death hung
tho figure c-f tho monk. Ills face, ghastly
and horrible, seemed to grin ut us In
agony, u white aud uwful contrast to tho
darkness of the vuult. Spellbound, wo
seemed rooted to the spot, but wo sudden
ly became conscious of u now terror, and
ono rapidly approaching. There wero
steps coming behind us. The sound of slip
shod sandals came nearer and nearer. Wo
turnod. My heart fulled mo; my knees
shook as if with ague. Coming steudily
towurd us in tho moonlight wus another
figure of the monk. In a few seconds ho
would touch us; but, swift as lightning,
wo almost throw ourselvos Into on empty
room on our right, and shaking with fear
we four strong meu flung oursolves against
tho door to keop it closed while that aw
ful thing wont past.
Tho shuffling sunduls enmo nearer and
nearer. They passed our door. Wo could
hear them outer tho cellar whero tho ropo
hung, and then onco more tho stillness of
deutli occupied tho placo. For a few mo
ments wo did not dure to speak. Then
Mltcholl softly opened tho door, and peep
ing out Informed us that thero wus noth
ing in sight, and thut even tho swinging
body of tho monk had disappeared. With
out a word ho led tho way. Wo followed,
ono by ono, and in a fow minutes wo wcro
outside the house and on our way to Ap
ploton's. Thore was vory little Bald about
tho matter. Wo had all mentally deter
mined at least to let our ghost alono for
tho future; consequently no further resolu
tions were passed tho noxt morning, and
barely montionlng tho subject wo re
turned to town to tho different walks of
lifo to which wo belonged.
t e
Ono day, threo months luter, picking
np tho morning paper, I read:
STARTLING DISCOVERY AT BLACK
UliATH. A SUPPOSED nAC.NTKD HOUSE TUB KDSOUT Oil
COIN ICRS.
Ah, this is Interesting, I thought, nnd
I was not disappointed. It turned out to
bo an account of a raid by tho police on
tho house we visited. Our ghosts wero
nothing more than a desporato gang of
coiners. Tho terriblo noise had been pro
duced every night by their letting full in
tho basement a tremendous iron weight
upon tho foundation stono of the house.
Tho body of tho monk that we had teen
hanging by the neck in tho cellar wus
nothing moro than a well made dumisjp',
with Its clothes steeped in phosphorus.
And such was tho end of the Bluck
hoath mystery. CiiEiito the Palmist.
John Stephonnou'a Early SUuglos.
I was burnt out the first year, and lost
everything I had. I felt the loss keeuly then,
but as I look back 1 can bee how good a
thing It wus for me. It developed my char
octer, made me more ablo to moot roversea,
and induced mo to redouble my energies.
As gold is tried by lire, so is tho iniud of
man by trials. Don't givo up, boys, ut the
first setback. Keep a good heart and try
again.
Well, I borrowed tSOO of my uncle, and
Started in business again. I built up a good
business, and had patrons all overthecoun
try. Then came seven years of hard luck.
Between 18M and ISM everything went
down, Hown, dowu. Money vaa ncnr.';',
veryscaioe. One couldn't trust anybody.
Failures were frequent. There was uo
money to be made. I executed several or
ders for cars which were uever paid for.
Some were returned, some were not do
liverad, but they were ull made, and the ex
pensoof their manufacture cuino out of my
pocket, llllled the orders from one firm,
and ut the umu time wus miing them for
tho value of cars previously delivered.
Real estate decreased in value. The lota
on which my present ho.H were built were
worth ),5'Ji), but they fell to KIUO.
Notwithstanding this severe and conlln
ued strain, mentully and llnancially, 1
should have weathered the storm, but tlmt
the luortgago of the lots on which my Har
lem shops were built was tnreoluscd, Eigh
ty thousand dollars' worth of asset went
for $10,000. This broke mo complotely, for
I wus &0.000 iu debt.
However, I did not lose courage.. I had
the conildouco of ull my patrons, und their
good will besides. Once moro I started In
business, this time on the spot where 1 still
am, und in seven years I made a clean sweep
of all my debts. Business become brisk,
and success attended my efforts. No more
setbacks confronted me. John Stephenson
lu Ladles' Home Journal.
Must Share the Same Gravo.
"A young ludy wishes to marry. Sho Is
very beautiful, has a rosy countonnnco
framed In dark hnlr, eyebrows in tho form
of the crescent moon and a small but gra
cious mouth. She Is also very rich rich
enough to spend tho day by tho side of hor
beloved admiring flowers and to pass tho
night In singing to tho stars of heaven.
The man on whom her choice shall fall
must bo young, handsome and educated,
llo must also bo willing to share the samo
grave." Thus advertises a girl in a Jap
anese nowspapor.
I ' Ell Wu tha Original Kicker.
' In tho first book of Samuel, second chap
ter and twenty-ninth voko, "o man of
God" Bays to Kll, "Wherefore kick ye at
ny sucrifloo and at mine off urinal "
THE RIGORS
OF
HirrowliiiS Ex?:rieDcc of aa Icc-lcckcd Wlial
Ing Crew la Eerlng Sea.
CANSlBALISa J3 STARVATION
The Awful A' amative That Confront
ed the Crew of tho James Allan Ten
Men on a Barron Island Tales of
Horror Told by the Survivors Ship
wrecked and Helpless In the Land
of Eternal Ice An Incident of the
Arctic Regions That May, Even Now,
De Duplicated by the Walter Well
rrun Explorers.
for the iaturduv Tribune.
Fourteen surviving members of the
whaler James Allen, which was ship
wrecked in Bering sea a fow iinths ago,
recently arrived in San 1'ranclsco nnd re
lated talcs of hardships and suffering such
as seldom full to the lot of men, oven of
those who bravo the (lungers of tho deep
und the rigors of the frozen north.
The ship foundered in the Ulght and
tho crow, numbering 4!) men, took to tho
five boats. Tbo boats bucanio separated in
tho darkness, and In the morning two hud
disappeared. Ono of thoso was picked up
by the stcamur Dora about a month later,
and tho seven men who manned it wero
all alive. The other has nover been heard
from. Tho remaining bouts, with Cap
tuln Huntley and 25 men, landed on a bar
ren rock, ono of tho Aleutian islands. On
the morning of the third day u start was
mado for Uualaska In tho boats, Four
days later, after eight of tho 2(1 mon hud
perished from cold and privution, u lauding
was mado ut Uumak Island, und ull
hands suffered terribly through tho night
from cold and hunger.
When daylight came, it was found thut
Harry Taylor, another of tho unfortu
nates, hud enil.id hisiuUcry, and a couplo
of tho men scoo.cd u hole in tho bench
and burled the body. While digging tho
grave n few mussels wcro found, und suon
ull hands were hunting for tho shullflsh.
A short distance back from tho shoro
they found a small dugout, and that tho
starving and shivering men soon occupied.
Ono of tho sailors found somo matches
thut hud not been spoiled by tho water,
nnd they soon had a llro. Water soaked
driftwood was all tho fuel they could get,
and it made u poor fire.
A llttlo lake In the renter of the Island
provided plenty of fresh wator, but the
CArTAIJI IHtKTLET.
men a id not remain Indefinitely on tho
burrer island nnd live on fish alono. Aft
er 1 it of a fow days Captain Huntley
decld 1 to mako another start for Unalas
ka fcr relief.
Ho picked out threo of tho strongest
men und mado a start. Adverse winds
drove him buck ufter ho had been away n
day. Tho cold was becoming intense, and
along with hunger and cold and wet
weather tho men wero suffering from
frost bitten fingers and feet. Tho sharp
rocks had worn out their shoes, and a trip
down to the boach from tho hut would
start scores of sores bleeding in the men's
swollen feet.
Daily their sufferings grew In Intensity,
and before tho cuptaln made a second at
tempt to leavo tho Island two moro men
Joseph I'ena und Joseph Unrreto had
been laid uway under a pilo of cold rocks.
Again Cuptaln Huntley and his small
crew wore forced to return. A third trial
proved unsuccessful, but on tho fourth at
tempt, after being on tho island for 20
days, ho and his (rcw of three men got
away with a fair wind, nnd tho 10 others
watched thu small sail lowering on tho
horizon with mingled hopes and fears.
Tho second day after tho cnptnln left
the fivnd jjuto out, and to lr.crnv.o tho trou
bles of the men ono of tho houks becumo
caught in tho rocks, and In attempting to
extricate It tho line broko, uud It was lost.
Early the next morning the other hook
was lost In the sumo wr-.y, nnd starvation
stared the m 11 In tho faces.
Tho next night Austin Gideon, n sailor,
died, but the men wero too weak to bury
tho body. It wus dragged u fow foct uway
from tho hut, um! thero It remained.
That was en a Monday iil,(!it From then
until tho nest Thuisdiiy tho 10 unfortu
nate Mtllurs battled with starvation until
all hopo of leaving tho Isliind ulivo desert
ed them. Ono lifter another they crawled
into tho hut to dlo, uud lay there for hours.
William Andrews, ono of the men, tells
how they lived: "One of tho men near tho
door moved, iind presently ho went out. I
wus too wcii k to pay any more attention
to him, und I dozed off, praying for denth.
How long 1 wns that way I do not know,
but for a long time I fancied I could smell
bulling meat. It wns perhups half un hour
before I could bring my senses to realize
It, mid when I did I roso up, nnd thero in
tho center of tho hut was u smoldering
llro, with the kettle over it. Insldo was a
pleco of ment, covered with slowly bub
bling water. Iu an Instant I hud grabbed
it from tho pot and was soon devouring a
shred of it that I had torn from the half
cooked pleco. Others grabbed tho moat
from my hands, and soon wo wero all
eagerly devouring the morsel. None of
us usked where it came from. None of us
cared. After tho meal life camo buck to
Us, and wo dared not fur uwhilo think of
Whero our meat came from, though wo all
know. '
"I got up and walked down to tho llt
tlo gully In which Gideon's bodyhnd been
rolled. Both legs were missing. I crawled
buck Into tho hut and slept again. Pres
ently I got up and gathered more drift
wood while tho renewed strength lasted.
The noxt dny moro of Gideon's body was
missing, and ap.iln wo all had a meal.
Horrlblo aud nil that It was, the food was
refreshing, and wo all began again to look
for resouo. Nino days tho cap
tain had been away, and all hope had
been gtvtn up of ever seeing hlra again.
Once moro 0 visit was mado to the grave
of the dead Portuguese, and another part
of the body of our late shipmate was boil
ing In tho pot when the captain's voice
was heard outside. It was a joyful sound,
and with him woro several ef tho crew of
the Bear, with provisions fur us."
Tw Blfeds of tT rltlng.
Under literary topics recently wu dis
cussed the subject of Oanoaiatlon in writ
Luh. Jiiepurugraphjieiiarlttfta wiilar's
FRQSTLAND
memory docs not fall Mm, something liko
this, "Where docsonowrlte beat?" lncon-
uecllo.t with this subject it may not be
uuihis to mention tho caso of a minister lu
New York city. Ho was for many years a
newspaper writer, mat is, ho earned the
money to prepare himself for tho mmiatry
by newspaper work.
Ho says that it would be utterly impos
sible for him to write a sermon, or oven to
sketch ono, In a newspaper office. But he
also says thut ho cannot write u news para
graph iu his study. So while ho tun do
his work on sermons in his study, he Imds
itndvlaublo, when ho wishes to write a
"news story," to drift back to his old pa
per and tako a deak in a room full of busy
writers. So, after all, training und associ
ation of ideas count for a great deal more
than some people aro willing to admit.
New York Tribune.
A FAIR MASCOT.
Charming Marin Blahouoy Starcliei With
the Veteran Flromuu of Han Franulauo.
Mario Muhoney Is tho mascot of tho
Cullfurnla Veteran Firemen's association.
Sho ts tho only girl mascot of the kind lu
tho United States. Sho wus born In San
Francisco 12 years ago und Is tho plump
est, jolllest llttlo girl that over was, says
Tho Examiner, just as if sho wasn't an
officer in tho "vets." Mario is tho daugh
ter of Stato Sonator Muhoney of San Frun-
MAIIIE MAHONET.
Cisco and lives ut tho Baldwin. Sho is as
natural and unaffected ns a girl could be.
Tbo veterans idolize her, uud wero it not
thut bIio has two sturdy liUio feet to walk
on and looks so well ut tho head of their
ranks they would insist on currying her on
their shoulders nil tho tlmn when they are
tramping. Hut Murlo walks, and she
walks miles und miles every timo thoy
have u purudo and nover thinks anything
of tho mud uud of getting tired. As the
result sho Is tbo picture of health und
doesn't want to ever stop being a mascot.
Murlo dresses jus, liko tho men, only
she wears u blnck skirt. When sho
marches, sho wears a red shirt made liko
the firemen's shirts to a "t," even to tho
llttlo hooks that keep tho collar down, a
blnck tie and tho most killing llttlo hel
met. And it is so nearly killing that sho
bas to bavo a tiny fallguo cap fustened to
her belt behind, just liko tho mon. Her
helmet is Inscribed with nil tbo monograms
end letterings that make the other cups so
interesting and mysterious. She carries
besides, just liko the three other oftlcers,
a silver trumpet nnd salutes with that,
while the rest of tho veterans salute with
their hats.
When the San Francisco fire department
took a trip cast lust yenr, Mario went with
thorn. Sho suw tho World's fuir und all
its wonders. When the veterans went to
Washington, tho president gnvo them a
special reception and kissed tho mascot,
Who gravely pinned a medal to his breast.
He hud been a great chum of Mario's fa
ther in their old Buffalo school days.
AN ADEPT WITH THE SWORD.
Helen Englchart Claim to He the Cham
pion i'emule Fencer.
In Paris dwells Madeline doMorna, who
proudly proclaims herself the premier pro
fessional womun fencer of Franco. There
aro many female fencers In that country,
and Mine, do Morna has met uud over
come them all. Now sho Is looking for
new fields to conquer and has i'sued her
chalhmgo to meet any female fencer lu
America with fulls and broadswords for
$1,000 a side uud tho chumplonshlp of tho
world. Tho gantlet thus thrown down
has boon token up by Helen Englehart,
aud tho Issue of the contest Is awaited
with Interest. Helen Englehart was born
in i?wltzor!nnd of German parents. She is
young nnd a brunette, as active as a pan
ther nnd as cunning ut fenco ns a serpent
who moves hither and thither as It pre
pares to strike. Mii.s Knglchnrt can repre
sent tho United r'tatos in u contest with
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liKI.KS rXfiUiHArg.
Mine, de Worna, fur tlrls Is tut country of
her adoption. Sho has traveled nil over
it giving exhibitions of her skill, and as
Its representative she has onguged In moro
than ono fencing mutch.
In Miss Englehart Mine, do Morna will
have to meet u woman of determined spir
it. Ono night at Louisville nbo was fenc
ing with another woman In n theater.
Miss Englehni r's supporters in tho wings
woro so loud In their encouragement that
they angered her adversary. Springing
across the str.go, sho made a lungo at ono
of them with her broadsword. But Miss
Englehart wan us quick and parried her
blado. Turning on her, tho contest that
hud been one of skill wus renewed In fury.
Tho houso was thrown Into tho lntensest
excitement, the curtain was rung down,
and tho combatants wcro with diillculty
separated.
Uewaro of Counterfoil Bibles.
Tho New York agents of a special Brit
ish edition of tho Blhlo gravely caution
posslblo purchasers to beware of Imita
tions, from which It may bo concluded
that somebody has been wicked enough to
counterfeit that particular edition of tho
Bible by way of u busiuess venture
Opium Fleudi In New York.
It is estimated that Now York hoi no
less than 10,000 opium smokers. Like
many- other vaguo estimates, howover,
this one is apt to be very wide of the mark.
Chlneao Juatloo.
In China a man who killed his father
Was executed and along with him his
schoolmaster for not having taught him
better.
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AN IMPROMPTU EXCURSION.
How Callahan Stole a Locomotivo and Took
a Hide.
It was a mad rido Michael Callahan had
on un Illinois Central switch engine ho
stolo near tho Terminal station, in Chi
cugo, at 4 o'clock in tho morning, Tho
englno wus old No. 1 and Is used for
switching cars iu Juckson pi.rk. It stood
south of thu Terminal station, with stoma
up, but without the lumps lighted. Tho
duy crew had gone homo, nnd tho englno
wus In the euro of a "hostler," Jumc9
Gleshford. Glnssford was keeping up tho
fire, and at 4 o'clock went to the sliunty
near by to fill bis oil can. Ho hud u com
panion, Churley Erlcson, with him, uud
tho two wero currying on a lively conver
sation. Michael Callahun, who camo down tho
track just as tho two men wore leaving
tho engine, wus struck with a deslro to
tako n rldo. Ho did not know where, nor
euro, but he hud seen engines used a good
deal uud knew how to handle tho lever.
So ho climbed in the cub stealthily and
opened tho throttle. Old No. 1 gave a
sudden lurch und was off on tho switch for
tho main truck, hurdly u quarter of a mllo
nwuy. Wlillo Glussford was busy with
the oil can in tho shanty Erlcson suw tho
engine move off. He culled to tho "hos
tler," who rushed out in pursuit. But tho
locomotive distanced Glessfordut the start
und kept gaining rapidly. Tho man
thought of tho derailing switch, nnd,
frightened at the aspect of either wrecking
the ( ngino thero or passing it out upon
the muin tracks, run liko thewlnd in pur
suit. William Kelley.wliosltsupln tho switch
tower at Siiveuty llrst street, heard tho
"crazy" engine rumbling down the track
and for a momentconslderal giving it tho
open tracks. Then he foresaw the greater
consequences of collision beyond und let
tho wild engineer take his own course.
On Cullahan brought tho swiftly moving
KNOCKED CALLAHAN OCT OP TltE CAB.
locomotive. In another instant the de
railing switch was reached nml fhn lnnn.
motive, still 011 Its wheels, was cutting nnd
DiimpiDg over ti:o ttes or tho Soventy-flrst
street crossing. Tho window glass of the
cabin was smashed, the h
cracked, and flying oil bespattered the
mau engineer ami thoroor of tho cabin.
Thua tho wheels cut deep into tho sand,
and tho engluo stopped. Immediately
Callahan reversed tho lever nnd then
pulled It uguin. He was determined to go
further.
Beforo Switchman Kollnv rnnpbor! fhn
spot whero tho locomotivo was imprisoned
in 1110 sonu uiessioru arrived. Ho climbed
Into the cab and dealt tho man at tho lever
a snvnao blow with his fist. fJnllnh .-in vena
knocked off tho rnlno nnd immediately
Btnneu away 011 a run. llo succeeded in
eluding the ruilroudorft in the dark and
went homo. Gl-.-ssfonl nicked un tho fugi
tive's lint r.Air th.i engine mid sent police
out to iook tor him. Oilicer W. J. Sim
monds arreted him on tho street in the
afternoon.
Callahan said ho only wanted a little rldo
nnd had no particular destination when ho
started, lie says lie hud been drinking am
Yens not altogether responsible.
Wllllum ICcl'.ey is oongiatulutino him
self that In his surprise ho did not close
tho derailing switch. "Had tho englno
given tho customary two tecN,' he said,
"tho switch would havo been closed with
out question. Then tho mud engineer
would have dashed the locoinoiivo out up
on tho main track'; of the South Chion;r
branch and beaded northward for tho city
At Broohihlc, only n two minutes' tui
nneuu, too engine would havo crossed tin
'Xl:rc8 trucks of tho Vii-hli7.m fVittr,
il
und Illinois Colli nil expresses and tho Be
Line. Then; were 1 ruins duo ouch way
about that timo, and a collision would
have been almost Inevitable. It was a for
tuuuto dollver.itK o."
The Ilnndnrllint; of Ihe Lord.
What has Im-lu culled tho "handwriting
c the Lord has recently itpix'urcd upon
the growing corn in a field on tho farm of
1. U. Turpin, T ejir Somerset, In l'uluski
county, hy. Ihe Ignorant and supersti
tious believe that it is the forewarning
of some greet event thut is to ntlcct ull
Christendom, und numerous prophets nra
abroad in the laud. Tho so called "Lord's
handwriting" appears upon tho broad
green blades of the corn and consists of
rude outlines of un anchor, the letter N
und tho ligiuv 8. Thoy arc distinctly
traced and nro visible on both sides uf tin
leaf.
Tho oolorcd people of l'uluski county
nro fearfully wrought up over tho "sign,"'
us they call It. The anchors, tho letter X
and the figure 8 are construed by somo of
the most superstitious to lnciiii the com
ing of nnother great deluge. Tho theory
Is well worked out by tho declaration thut
N stands for Nouh, tho unchor for the ark
nnd tho figure for tho period of weeks',
months or years, us Variously construed,
iu which the calamity Is to como. Gospel
songs In which anchors nro mont'oned aro
great favorites among tho incited folk,
nnd a dooi religious sentiment is begin
ning to pervade the dusky community.
Tlin ftonlln Art of Osculation.
Kissing Is not a crime that it should be
Indulged In only in the diu'k, pays Eugcno
Field, who Is recognized ns nn authority
in such matters. Cuws, cowbells, street
cars uud car gongs have nothing to do
with the case; neither have clcctrlo llfjhts
nor gas illuminations. Ono does not kiss
With his eyes or curs let him shut his eyes
if there bo too much light und stop his ears
If thero lio too much noiso. The kiss is
the principal thing, und from Its pursuit
nnd comprehension no true man will suffer
himself to bo diverted by mere environ
ment. So lot tho honrt filling, soul In
spiring, mouth watering Industry bo pur
sued, but always rovcreutly and magnani
mously. Tho elephant's Jaw, not being lutended
for biting but for grinding vegetable food,
Is an appendage almost separate from the
rest of the skull. Although enormously
heavy it has only a small articulation con
necting it with the upper skull, and ill
whole weight is carried by the muscles, in
which It may be said to be slung, so that it
can grind back and forth.
A Familiar Quotation.
Though the mills of God grind slowly,
Tet they grind exceeding amall;
Though with patlenca he stands waiting.
With exactness grinds he all.
Frledrlch voa Logan.
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Bank of Scranton.
ORGANIZED 1872.
CAPITAL. $200
SURPLUS, $250,000
This bonk offer, to tUpoaltors averj
facility warranted by their balance ma&
nets aud reepnnnlbllltr.
bpneiul aitnution given to buslneu ae
oouula. lntoreitt paid on tlm deposit.
WIL2.IAM CONNICLT President
UfcO. H. C'ATLIX, Vlco-l'rMident
WILLIAM U. l'UCK, Caetalet,
DIRUCTOKS.
Wllllum Counell, George H. Catlln,
Alfred Hand. James Arcltbald, Henry
Hi.lln, jr.. WlllUut X. tutth- Lather
THE5
National Bank of Scranton
UIQAN1ZED U9&
CAPITAL $250,000,
SURPLUS $30,000.
FAMTJEL HINES.fProsMont
V . W. WATSON, Vice Prealdent,
A. a WILLIAMS, Cashier.
niRKCTons.
8Mt7L, IlnVES. JAMM M" EvERTtARI,
IltvlKd A. Ftvrn Pl.ni-. n Vtur.w
Joseph J. Jlrmv!?, M. 8. Kemeker
luas, jr. JlAiTiiDws, John t. Pouritt.
W. W. Waiso
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located midway between Moutroie an 1 Scran
ton, on Montrose un 1 l.aakawnnna Railroad,
MX milus (rum D.. L, & W. R. R. at Alford
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Dancing pavilion, mvintfs, croquot gr onnds,
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Hates, 87 to SIO per week. SI. 60 per
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Excurkinn tickets sold at all stations onD.
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DH'TER T.UOS CO., Ino'p. C2p"sl, 81,000,000,
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