THE TIMES, NEW BL00MFIEL1), l'A.. JULY 2, 1878.
intrusions were to us inexplicable, unless
in the light of succeeding events, we
were to regard the prlegt as a detective
oflleer or spy. Our apartments commu
nicated, both being readied through an
entry, while my room, 'lying beyond
Kate's, was only reached, by passing also
from the entry through her's.
On the fourth day of our sojourn in
the hotel, about nine o'clock In the
morning, Kate tapped on the door lead
ing into my room, and at my cry of
"Eritrea," came in. She was in a dressing-gown,
her long, curling brown hair
hanging over her shoulders, and a very
unusual expression on her face.
" More priests V" I asked, In explana
tion. "Police!" she exclaimed. "If we
ever got out of this town alive I shall be
thankful I I had rung as usual for
water, and just as I hod finished my
bath I heard a knock at the outside door
and asking " Wer ist da?" the cham
bermaid replied that she was. I then
opened the door a bit, and saw looking
over her shoulders two strange men.
My first thought was that they were
friends of yours wishing to give you a
surprise, and I cried out, 'Oh, you can't
come in, for we are not dressed.' Then
one of the men said in broken English,
' We shall and vre will come in;' and
they forced the door in upon me, while
I hastened to close and fasten the other,
but was too late, for they followed at my
heels. ' You are Miss W V the one
who had already spoken, said. 'No, I
am not.' 1 Then she is in the rlext room'i"
'But you cannot go in, for she isn't
dressed,' I said. ' You are her sister,
and you come from the Grand Hotel,'
he continued, and you've no idea with
what a ferocious face ! It was dreadful!
Then he said something about the police
that we must goto the police-court;
and finally said he would give you five
minutes to dress in. Now, there they
ore, bnnglng at the door. Oh, what
have we done ? Why did we ever come
into this barbarous land?" and poor
merry Kate was on the brink of hys
terics. "Oh, 'tis all a mistake," I replied, ad
justing my necktie. " I will see the
men, and the matter will be explained
at once."
The noise from the street coming in
from my opon windows had prevented
me from hearing the conversation in
Kate's room, and I should have been
inclined to regard her startling narra
tive as one of her jokes if it had not
been for the roud banging on the door.
I hastened to open it ; the men came in,
and, wjshing to relieve Kate of their
presence, I asking them to pass into my
room. This they refused to do, but took
a decided stand in Kate's. I was too cu
rious to lose my presence of mind or
show that I was annoyed, and with my
blandest smile inquired why I was hon
ored with so matinal a visit from two
strangers, when the following dialogue
ensued :
" We come from the police. You are
Miss W ?"
"Yes."
" Englishwoman V"
"By no means."
" Yes you are ; and this woman is
your sister."
"No, she is not my sister."
" Yes, she is. You're English.' No V
What are you, then ?" i
" I'm American."
" Show your passport."
" Here it is ;" and I opened the docu
ment bearing the American eagle and
the signature of Hamilton Fish.
The two men put their heads together,
neither being able to tell what sort of a
paper it was, which secretly amused me.
The men were in civilian's dress. Turn
ing to Kate, her passport was demand
ed. She had none.
" And of what nation are you ?" ask
ed the spokesman.
She refused to tell.
" And what is your name V"
She refused to answer that. The poor
girl had become so nervous under the
ordeal, which for her had been of a very
violent character, that she imagined no
thing could be more disgraceful and hu
miliating than to have her name mixed
up with a police-affair.
Finding that she was inexorable, they
returned to me with, " Well, miss, you
must go with us to the police," and
showed me a paper of arrest.
" And why must I go to the police ?"
" Because you have been at the Grand
Hotel."
" What Grand Hotel V
"The Grand Hotel. You must go to
the police."
I rang the bell, and asked that the
proprietor of the house come at once to
my room. He came, and I demanded
an explanation of the mystery. Con
cluded next week.
0""Mariar," remarked one of the
horny-handed eons of toil to his wife,
"'pears to ine It takes a sight o'callco to
make you a dress these bard times.
Cun't you economize with one of them
pull-backs the city gals wear 5"' . It was
then that Mariar fired the bread-board at
him and remarked that she wasn't " go
ing to stop the circulation of blood In her
legs for no bald-headed penny-piucher."
Fire In Old Times, and Matches Now.
OUlt constant use of the Indispensable
match has made it so familiar that
probably few hove ever thought to ask
how our ancestors did without it, and by
what stages Buch a necessary article was
brought to Its present perfection. Yet
matches did not come into common use
until within the present century, and
their history is marked by the same
stages of progress and Improvement as
other inventions.
Among rutin nations fire was obtained
by rubbing together two pieces of wood,
and the first improvement upon this
troublesome plan was the use of the flint
and steel, one ot the earliest devices of
civilization. Out of this grew the old
tinder-box, on ingenious but intricate
arrangement familiar to the past genera
tion, but now relegated to a place amqng
the antiquities. As such it is deserving
of a short description. The tinder con
sisted of carbon in a filmy form, usually
procured by burning an old rag. The
steel was a strip of hard Iron, curved
round at the top and bottom so as to
form a handle. This was held In the
left hand, and in the right a flint wedge,
the sharp edge of which being struck
against the steel, chipped ofl' minute
fragments. The heat developed by the
percussion was sufficient to ignite and
even fuse these metallic fragments,
which, falling down into the easily com
bustible carbon, ignited it without diffi
culty. The operator then, blowing upon
the tinder to keep up combustion, ap
plied a small piece of wood, previously
dipped in sulphur, to the glowing car
bon, and with some little contrivance
managed to ignite the sulphur, which in
its turn Ignited the wood. The operation
was not, however, always successful.
The tinder or the matches might be
damp, the flint blunt,and the steel worn,
or on a dark morning the operator would
not unfrequently strike his or her
knuckles instead of the steel. That this
occurred so frequently as to cause com
mon complaint is shown by the follow
ing advertisement, which circulated ex
tensively not so many years ogo :
" Save your knuckles, time, and
trouble: use Heurtneh's Eupyrlon ;
price one shilling."
In the Eupyrion flame was produced
by bringing sulphuric acid into contact
with an inflammable substance mixed
with chlorate of potash. This device
proved, however, to be scarceless less ex
pensive and troublesome than the tin
der box.
The discovery of phosphorus in 1073
disclosed an entirely new method of ob
talnining fire. In 1GS0 Godfrey Hanck
witz, at his laboratory near the Strand,
London, manufactured and sold large
quantities of phosphorus for this pur
pose, and so great was the fame of the
new method that he undertook a travel
ling tour in order to exhibit and sell the
article. The costliness of phosphorus
probably prevented its general introduc
tion, and it is remarkable that a century
and a half should have elapsed before
this substance wos commonly used in
the manufacture of matches. At first
the phosphorus was ignited by rubbing
it between folds of brown paper and ap
plying the match dipped In sulphur.
Later it was customary to partially burn
a small piece of phosphorus in the con
fined air of a small vial, the effect of
which was to line it with oxide of phos
phorus. The vial was then corked, and
when required for use, a sulphur match
was dipped into It. The match was
either ignited by the chemical action
produced, or by afterward rubbing it
upon a cork.
In 1829 the lucifer-match was Invented
by Mr. John Walker, an English chem
ist. This match is in reality a lineal
descendant of those already alluded to
under the title Eupyrlon, the same chem
icals being used, but the awkward
method done away with.
The original lucifer match was tipped
with a paste consisting of chlorate of
potash and sulphuretof antimony mixed
with, starch, and its great value con
sisted in the fact that it would ignite
upon being drawn across sand-paper.
There were, however, objections to these
early matches. They required so much
pressure to produce the necessary fric
tion that the top was often pulled off
without igniting, or else It burst into a
violent flame, while burning particles
flew in every direction. Again, the
sulphurous antimonlal vapor was highly
offensive to people with weak lungs, and
manufacturers often met with severe ac
cidents from the contact of chlorate of
potash and sulphur. Finally, it was
decided to make use of phosphorus in
place of the sulphuret of antimony, and
from this proceeded a series of improve
ments in the manufacture of matches.
Saltpetre was substituted wholly or
partially for chlorate of potash, thus
producing quiet Ignition instead of the
noise formerly heard,' and the disagreea
ble odor was done away with by omit
ting much if not all of the sulphur and
substituting stearine. Machinery was
used for cutting the splits to a uniform
size; and thus by a series of improve
ments our present matches were finally
perfected.
Cregol's Cave.
ABOUT fifty years ago, a great por
tlon of the South and West was
but a wilderness. Even in those States
that were more or less, populated, there
were sections of the country where there
could not be seen any signs of habita
tion. Away down In Mississippi there was a
scope of country, about one hundred
ftilles across, consisting of a swauipy,
wild and desolate country, then known
as the Tuckapaw country, In which
there was no settlement, and across
which there was a regular road of
travel.
Now, in these old times, there was a
greot amount of trafilo and trade be
tween New Orleans and the lower Mis
sissippi and all the upper country mule
traders from Kentucky and Illinois
would drive mules and horses and re
turn by land.
Flatboats by the hundred, from the
upper country from Ohio totheltocky
Mountains, could be seen descending the
Mississippi, laden with the most valua
ble produce the country could afford.
The merry boatman made the forest re
sound with his song and revelry. When
they landed at New Orleans, and dis
posed of their valuable cargo, they
would buy a plug, or a mule, or a "mus
tang," ou which they would take their
homeward course, sometimes in squads
of two to six.
About half-way across the wilderness
road, a man by the name of Cregol had
located, and built a house for the pur
pose of a stopping-place for travelers.
This place was known to every Southern
trader, and with Cregol they had tostop,
and were glad to share his hospitality.
In the course of time this country be
came settled. Old Cregol had become
immensely rich ; he was growing old,
but he was hale and stout.
Not far from the house was a cave In
the hillside, which had never been ex
plored. In fact, no one had ever enter
ed its mouth, as fur as was known.
Now this cave became an item of In
terest. The dogs for miles around col
lect at its entrance and created the most
hideous sound by their unearthly howl
ing. Night and day would these poor
creatures keep up this mournful song.
Every man, woman and child for miles
around would come to see this sad, sad
sight. But it was noticed that old Cregol
did not go to see the thing.
And why did not Cregol go V His
neighbors Insisted that he should go.
No sooner did he come in sight than the
dogs, at one accord, which had hitherto
been perfectly submissive, molesting no
one, and any one could go among them,
and they would only howl with teeth
grinning and bristles up, rushed at him
as If they would tear him to shreds, and
would not let him come near.
At length it was resolved to explore
the cave, and upon a set day the neigh
bors met for that purpose. With torches
in hand, they groped their way a short
distance on their hands and kuees, until
they entered what appeared to be a large
chamber. They rose to their feet, and,
with torches lifted high, began to peer
through the darkness.
The first object they saw was a long
blue coat hanging against the wall of the
cave. The coat was of the old French
style, made of blue cloth, with brass
buttons. Upon passing further on, scores
and scores of skeletons were seen, scat
tered In every direction. Human skele
tons, with clothing of every description
hanging to them, which the wolves had
torn to pieces.
Among the party of explorers was a
young doctor, who lived in the neigh
borhood. As soon as the party emerged
from the cave, the dogs, apparently sat
isfled, ceased their howling and dis
persed. That night a negro came for the
young doctor. The dogs had collected
at old Cregol's and commenced their
howls. Cregol was seized with spasms,
and the negro rushed for the doctor.
The next morning, while the doctor
was sitting by Cregol's bed, who was In
a deep stupor, the door suddenly flew
open, and a tall man, with dark com
plexion, wearing the identical coat
which the doctor had seen in the cave
the day before, entered and passed noise
lessly through the room. Poor Cregol,
when the man entered, rose up quickly
in bed and gazed with a wild and mani
acal stare at him until he passed out of
sight, and then fell back dead. He had
murdered these men for their money
that is how he got his wealth.
A Novel Fishing Scene.
ANEW YORK paper says : If there
is any doubt where the occasional
fish scales come from, which Croton
water drinkers sometimes discover, it
was set at rest yesterday. The Depart
ment of Public Works has uniformly
refused permits to fish in the new reser
voir in the Park on account of the mess
which a general fishing license would be
apt to create. . Every effort has been
made by the Department of . Public
Works to keep the fish In the far side
of the aqueduct. In addition to a wire
net which covers the Croton end,another
with a quarter-inch mesh guards the
entrance to the hraches at High Bridge.
Despite these precautions, little shiners
have managed to wriggle through, and
have developed Into huge fish who wait
at the gate-houses, ready to gobble up
other shiners whose recent birth renders
them tender and toothsome.
Capt. Fltzgibbon, tlie superintendent of
the reservoirs, under sanction of the de
partment head, began a raid yesterday
upon the fish, large and small. A year
ago he hired professional flshermen,who
brought their nets, seines and boats, and
after two or three days of unsuccessful
work at $10 a dny, acknowledged them
selves outwitted. Capt. Fltzgibbon got
a seine made for the purpose. It is 110
feet long and thirty feet deep. The water
in the reservoir is now thirty feet deep,
so that the seine reached to the bottom.
The upper end of the new reservoir con
tains bays at the northeastern and north
western corners deep enough to make a
cul-de-mc :nto which the fish are driven
and impressed by the seine until the lead
line can be drawn the steep side and the
prey transferred to the boat. Besides
these two bays, the stone bank which
divides the reservoir makes two other
bays right and the upper gate house,
which have been found the favorite re
sort of hungry fish awaiting invoices of
live food.
Capt. Fltzglbbon's net-drawers are ten
stalwart men temporarily detailed from
the reservoir laborers. The seine Is drawn
so as to cover as wide an area of water
as possible and drive the fish Into the
corner. The first haul made resulted In
2,700 fish. There were a seven-pound
pickerel and a four-pound black bass,
besides many smaller specimens of the
same varieties. Besides these there were
uncounted rock bass, sunflah, suckers
and some eels, a few of which were
three-pounders.
All excepting the choice fish of the
first haul were burled, as It was the de
sire of the department not to give too
great publicity to the fact that the reser
voirs need fishing. That effort, how
ever, was needless. The news that fish
meat was being burled spread among
the shanty-dwellers with telegraphic
rapidity, and hordes of Yorkvllle and
Manhattanville gamins crowded the res
ervoir bank from that time until the
net was drawn for the last time. As the
fishermen threw the fish out over the
banks the boys scrambled for them with
great good humor. Then the girls came
with baskets and satchels, not unfre
quently returning for new loads, as the
scales remaining therein plainly showed.
Altogether, 0,000 fish, have been taken
out, and as the work is to go at least
two days longer there will probably not
be so many fish visible from the reser
voir bank for a year or two to come.
The Dog Law.
The dog law passed at the last session
of the Pennsylvania legislature makes
all dogs personal property ; for what
ever damage they do their owners shall
be liable, even for the costs and the attor
ney's fees, if the suits be taken to court.
An annual tax of fifty cents on male
and one dollar on female dogs will be
levied, which will be kept In a separate
account by the county treasurer, from
which owners of sheep shall be com
pensated when dogs deplete their droves,
provided that the owners of the dogs
cannot be ascertained. If discovered,
the latter must make good the loss.
Assessors are required to take an account
of all dogs in their districts, with the
names of the owners. If at the end of
the year the amount of money in the
hands of the county treasurer from this
source exceeds a given sum, the surplus
is to be divided among the schools dis
tricts. The adoption of this law is
made optional in counties. A ballot
shall be taken not oftener than once in
two years, upon Its acceptance or rejec
tion, and it will remain with the
voters to pronounce upon the merits of
the measure. .
A Curious Wager.
A curious affair recently occurred in
Franklin, Mass. At an evening party
a gentleman met a young widow with
whom he became much impressed. A
number of games were played during
the evening, when the lady suggested
that they should play for a wager. The
gentlemen assented, and after some dis
cussion as to what the stake should be,
he said :
" My hand for yours, if I win ; or at
your disposal for any young lady of re
spectability (her consent being first ob
tained) If I lose."
The lady assented, and the game a
sort of bagatelle began. The gentle
man had never played it before, but was
cool and skilful, and so was a match for
his fair opponent. The lady led at the
start, but at the close scored only 138
points to the gentleman's 885. A deco
rous applause followed the announce
ment; and the hostess now advanced,
took the feebly resisting hand of the fair
widow and placed it iu the band of the
winning gentleman. It is said that a la
ter ceremony is to be repeated with more
solemnity some few months hence, due
notice of which will be published.
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