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THE MOHNIISTG TIMES, jTjnTRSDAY, MAECH 11, 1897
PREDICTION COME
TRUE.
During The Pas! Three Weeks There
Has Been in Wash ngton a Great
Reduction In The Suffering)
of Those Afflic'ed With
Kidnay Ailments.
Jstum- ltetttil Drng-rlM UtstiiiiateTlilN
lteiluerloii ai Hluli ii Tlilrtx-
Tlnee- Per Cent.
Hiuu- 'pnramii Killing Pill Are
Jbduu Ht-rnle "WorK.
Tlic great mass of testimonials receixed
in fax or of J)r Hohhs .Sparngus Kidne)
Pills must, ah a matter r court-', be
1 1 eld sacrcdlx cotitiilonti.il, liul man of
tin' cured patients from different sections
of the countrv are anxious to haxe tlieii
letters published for the behefil of others
xxho me Mitfeiiug fiom kidney disease as
thex did
In the luce of the com lining exltlence
that has tppearcd in these columns in fa
.r of tins harmless, hut hlghlx efficient
remedx, and the general publicity that
lias heen gixen to the matter, it would
appe-ir to tlie axenige person that anx
one who was Mirfcimg from kidtiex dis
ease wiild bx this time i.ii' taken ad
x.intagof I)r Hohbs grand ditcoxcrx and
thoroughlx proxen specitie.
Huxxcxer, for the heuefil of those xvho
null Mill doultt the cur.itixe poxx ers of
Jr Hoi bs .-spni.igiit, Kidnex Pills xx e here
xxith append to this article mm e convinc
ing proof
One f the Heist Knoxx n Men in Mich
igan Indorse. Dr. Ilobbr sMiimiih
Kidnex I'ill S..I Tll.' XVoiliLIke
u Cliariii.
A lept.rtei called on Col A T McRev
Iiolds, of 325 Madison avenue, (.'rand
Jtapids, and found a man ninety years
of ape, lem.irkihlx xx ell preerxed, and
in icplx to his question told the follo.x
mg inteieMinp experience "I am ninety
xeais . Id and ha.e lixed in the State of
Michigan for -lxtx three years, holding
mam political positions during tliat time
I suppose I am one of the best kno'x n
men in this Mate todax I haxe not
kn xxn what it xxas to be sick 01 have u
doctor until a xe.ir jpi last x inter, xvhen
I xx.is taken xxith la guppe. xvhich, alter
getting oxer the acute stju stilled in
lax kidneys and bladder, causing me a
gnat deal of pain and trouble ever since
II x tet and ankles xx ere sxvollt n to txxice
their normal sie I thought old age had
a good deal to to xnti nix condition, and
hid resigned mxself to remain a sufferer
fi r the rest of nu life But I noticed
x here the rexvspaper xxtre to list jr
H Mis Sparagus Kidnex Tills, and think
ing I x as a good subject, 1 applied for a
box. x Inch thex sent lie I started tak
ing them at one. tid to tnx suiprise as
xx til as satisSactioii. I began to improxe
fnmttie ion start I am noxx using .ny
first itgular box that I got from nix
drucgist after the samples xxere Used ip,
I tinil that the pains in mx kidney. s and
bladder haxe lelt me entirtlx. and the
swelling has dbappeared from nit feet
In Tact all the weakness and bud sxmp
t.i is liaxe gone, and I cannot find vxorJe,
tc i xpress mx gratitude to the Hohbs
Remedy Co f r bringing It-roie mx
notice a reined that does the xx -irk in
Mich f satisfaUorx niHiiner as. I)r Hobbs
f-jiaragns Kulnex Tills They xx.rk like
a charm, and I take great pleasure in
liouig able to teti ihj friends xxhat tiiey
haxe done for me
. Col A T McRevnolds.
3"5 MmltMin axe ,
GraiHl Ra'ttls, Mich
Dr BoUtfe .-s'taragufc Kidney Pills
fr SALF. HY
HENRY EVAMS,
A HOI K I F AND ItKTAIU
Drugs and Chemicals,
gjS F Slicct X. W.
WASHING! ON", I) C
iVss?
(Copyright, 1897, by C K Gaines)
EYNOP.s-I.s
Joscplnne Storm anlieiicss. becomes en
gaged UiArtlnirHo e. a young chemist, but
her uncle and guardian. Amos Storm, re
fuhcs toassentto the match, on the ground
that Arthur has still hlsxxa) to make, and
lfi prohahlx aftei her money .losephine as
Ecrts that Arthur is a young man or great
promise, and instances a panel read beTore
a siiinliiii society In xl.iclt he asserted
that, ixith the aid of some elements at
present i,ndiscox ered. a ertain experiment
could be carried out in physics Amos
Ston i finally Consents to thtii mainage
if Arthiu diseoxer.s the element, and is
able to perform the experiment Arthur
and Josephine go to Pror Eiupsen and the
proretsor states that he bcliexes helium
"ixillserxe.auclemeiittheexidenceor winch
exists in the solar spectrum He has re
ceixed a liece or ore fiom the island of
Auusia. xxlneh he beliexes contains helium
Josephine decides that Artbur must go to
Auusia at once, to obtain a burficlent
quantity
TART II.
Aithtii hadn't been tone a xxcek before
I xas almost sorry I sent him It ixas
vrenk-minded, but I couldn't help IL I
did x"ish I bad made foine other airangc
ment with uncle.
You see, Piof EinpFen look it up, and
he can do almost anx thing '.x hen he tnes.
He got the college people Interested, and
the) fitted out a ship, and sent it off
"jvilh tv.o or thiee chemists I think they
"were chemistt and a lot of special i-tu-dents,
xvho ixanted to do "practical xx oik."
I think they wanted a pood time as much
fifinnxthing,m)seir. Arthurxvas mohargc
or the expedition, though, because it xxas
bis idea.
It xx asn't quite fo bad at first, for I kept
getting letters such good letters, but
after axvi.de they stopped, and I didn't
hear a word for months That xvas the
hard time I ncier ixould haxe beliexed
befoiehand that I could be fo -vxorncd
Uncle stopped talking against Arthui , too,
bur I think that made it fecin xxorse
Then another letter came a great big
one, from somexvhere In Australia. 1 had
It torn ojien in n flash then I laid it
doxvn; I xvas afraid to read IL I must
bac been getting h)Stencal; I never
used to be so silly. Anyhow, I carried
it to my room and locked the door be
m rriH
r -1' " ..st-fibHUWH"!'
Cr
GREETED TIE DIPLOMATS
The Foreign Ministers Intro
duced to Secretary Sherman.
THE REGULAR CEREMONIAL
llae Hepi CMMttntiArs of Other Gox
eriuiieiits, roiiiiallj Ileeelxod As
s,i5taiit Seoietaij Hockliill Serxes
u- lahter o Cereinoiili;. Atnbas
hailor l'aiincefote Heads, the I-Kt.
The inuiubcrs of the diplomatic coips,
resident in Washington, xxeie roriu.illx
iiitrotluecil to .Sieieiai) Sherman xehtei
da) bx Assistant Secretin) Kockhili, at a
reception laid at 11 o'dock. It xxas the
custoni.uy eeiemonx, jirecedlng the be
ginning of official business, relations xxith
the nexv Administration
Tne members or the legations, headed b)
.Sir Jiilim Tauuterote, the llutish am
bassador, as dean or the corps, xx ere as
sembled in the diplomatic liamber at the
the department promptlx at the hour de
signated, and thence passed aerossthe twill
to the larger room, set apart Tor statu
occasions, and soon nilerxxard Secretar)
Sherman t-ame in, aicompaulcd !) .Majoi
General Miles. U S A . and Ms aide. Col
Miohler, xxho xx'eie present by lux itatiou
The I nl rod in tions folloxxed, the xeneri
ble Seintai) passing around the cii-le
and ezihangiug salutations xwlh each of
his eminent xisitors, manx of xx horn xxeie
old aetpiaiutames feeentai) Sheimau
grasped the hand of i.uh, and engaged
most of them in a brief but .oidi.il eon
xersatlon, xxhlch lendernl the c.isioii as
pleasing as possible to all.
There xxere pieent .Sii .Iiili.iu Taunce
fote. Id T.itenitre. the Tieiuh ainbis
sador, Uaron de Tax a, the I talian nmbas
sador; Iiaron .Max xon Ihnlmau, the Gei
man ambassador, Senor Don M.iti.is H
mero, the Mcxhan miiuster. Mi G de
Weekherlin, tin minister from the .Nethei
lands, Senor Don Jose Marttliuo Iluitado,
the Colombian minister, Mr A Giip, the
minister of Sxxeilin and .Noixxax, Senor
Salxadoi de Mendoma, the lirailiau min
ister, Senoi Dm Antonio L.i7o Arnaga,
the Guateiii.ilnu minister, Seuoi Don Do
mingo -ana. the Chilean ministei , Mr Yang
Yu, the Chinese minister, Senor .lose An
dr.tde, the Venezuelan ministei, Mr Laudis
litis lUugelmuller, the Austio Huugail in
minister, Mi .1 H I'ioda, the SxxNs
iinnister; tsenor Don iuiicpie Dupux
le Lome, the Spanish iniiiisUr,
Mr Constantine Ilrun iiiimstir fiom
Denmark. Mr Franc is M Hatch, the Ha
xx.iii.ni minister. Si nor Don Luis Ftllpe
Carbo, the minister fiom Cciiadoi, Mi V.
de Kotebue, the Hu'-si. in minister. Viscount
de S.imo 'Ihxrsa, the Tortugmse minister,
Mr 'lorn Hoshi, the .Taji iu se minister Mi
J X Leger. the Haiti m iiiinister. Mr
Chin Tom Ye, the Korean minister.
Moiistaplt i Hex, tin Turkish minister. Senor
Don Kodriguc, repnsent.it ie of the
Greater Republic, Co .nt G de Laehtexclde
minister from Helgimu Senor Don Joaipiin
Hernardo Calxo, minister n sident of Cosia
Kici: henor Don Alejandro Woi ) Gil,
eharge d'affaires or the Dominican Re
public, and a number u! attache? of the
scxeral legations
When the eeremonj xxa concluded the
Diplomatic Corp proceedi d to the White
House, xx here the) were presented to
Tresidtnt McKinle) at 12 o'elock
A CHILD ASSATI-'I IAX
He'xolliilg (Clinic of 'Ixxo leil-Yeur-Old
Hoxs.,
Trctt) liltle Hiisi i use. the fixe xear
old daughter or Capt .lohn euse, xxho
runs a bii.it on the Cle s ipeake and Ohio
canal betxviH-n this citx and Cumberland,
Mil , xxas brought to the L"inergi ncx Hob
jrtt.d )esterd.ix afternoon to be tieated
for h crime of most nxolting natuie,
h.' id to haxe bien louiniitted upon the
little one b) txxo xxhite boxs, Lddie Mc
Caulex- and Thil Livland. agt d ten xe.irs
'liiere xxas a pathetic scene, as the
little one, frightened almost into hxsteria.
p! iced her arms about her father s neck
and clung to him Her big blue exes
filled xv llh tears and between the Hobs
and moai's she xxas induced to tell Dr.
Hooe of the attempt xx hleh the bo)S had
made she is a bright little child, and
CHAQLtS Kf LSY QAlhZl:
fore 1 could muster coui.ige to begin
It xxas as bad as xvhen I xvas tr)ing to
make up in) mind to let Aunt Julia
bore in) ears Hut xvhen I did 1 egm I
couldn't stop, I am s ire 1 read that
letter txxentx times oxer Some pirtH
of it nobodx shall exer see, but just mc;
but here is the part abo'it the caxe
xxhere they found the "substance "
"The -volcano, xvhich is called Tx.m.i
Tclullu, rises abrupt lx out of the se.i to
a considerable altitude It is by no means
cntirel) extinct though it is eo niuked
on the charts but it xxas reas inablx
quiet during our stnj llus xvas fortunate,
for reall) the mountain is the iBland; and
there is little else
"The caxern lies far up on the xvostern
slope, and we reached it xxith difficult v.
Without the exact bearings gixcn us b)
old Capt. Jerxis xve could never haxe
found it, for the natives of theneighboiing
isalnds, though they knew of the place,
could not be induced to go near it. I ob
served, however, that they had razor like
flakes of a hard, giecnish material, sim
ilar to the specimens shoxvn us by Prof.
Empsen, xvhich they used as knives
"When, after much effort and some
hazard, we attained the mouth of the tav
ern, I ceased to blame them for their su
perstitious feat. It Is indeed a f,rex
some spot. The opening is as jagged as
the mouth of a shark, and is coated with
a kind of green glaze, apparently depos
ited by the acrid xapors which almost
contininill) arise from the dark interior.
This hideous hole led downxvard utu xery
steep angle until it xvas lostin the gloom;
most terrifying sounds of hissing and
rumbling issued out of it, the fumes xveie
unendurable, and we despaired of being
able to explore It.
"At length, hoxvever, a sharp breeze
from the sea dissipated the xapors for
a time, and I round, to my surprise,
that a current of air xvas draxving into
the aperture. It xns noxv or never,
and I had ever) thing at stake Just think,
dearest, )0ii xxere the stake, xxith shame
and disappointment xvorse than death as
the altPrnatixe. So I fastened a stout
rope under ni) arms, pressed the hands
or my comrades, murmured the name I
loxe, and xvlth it part of a praxer that
I bad learned when I was a baby
told her story in a plain, atiaightfoixxaid
manner.
t'apL.Xeuse's boat landed In Georgetoxxu
)esteidax morning and tied up at one ot
the docks. While it xxas lieing unloaded
little Rosa asked pei mission of her mothet
to go out and phi), ft xxas a pleasant
day and hei nioliiei consentedj and the
child situ)cd a xx ay into some of the
)ards along the xxh.irxes, and met, among
scxtiul other child! cu, Eddie McCauley
anil 1'lul England. 'J hey enticed Rosi
axx-.iy riom the others and into a xaeant
shed. As soon as they released the lit
tle one she ran cning to her mother
Her parents xxeie badly rrightened and
the rather xx'ith Ros.i in his arms rushed
to the office of a Georgetoxx'n p!i)sicinn
The doctor, howexei, lefuscil to treat
the ease, reaiing that he xxould be called
to testifx as a xxitness, and adxised the
father to lemoxe her to the hospital. Di
Hooe m.uleaxer) tareful exanilnationand
round that the child is in a seiious con
dition The box names xx ere leal tied from some
of the c ther ehildien in the xicinit) The
polh c if the Sexenth precinct xxere ad
xicd of the arr.dr last night It was
stated that the ihild xxould doubtless le
ioer unless some unfoicseeu complication
arises The child's futhci resides in Cum
berhind, M1
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
William De Vaughn Dies of Injuries
Received in Washington.
'1 he rntUM al of Mi s. Axei.x A Kix-e-
Yeni-Uld Child Him Ox im and
mm loiislx J 11)11 ted.
Alevandria, Maich 10. -Mr illiam II
DeVaughn died at the home oi his brother
on Prince stied todax '1 he deceased xwis
struik b) a cal le eai m Washington on
the 2d instant, and received injuries xxlnch
proved ratal.
'I lie funeral of .Mrs R W Ax ei x , xx hose
death in Washington xxas.i'inouncediri '1 he
Times occuned this afteinoon, hum the
resilience of her sister. Miss Annie S
llendiisou, on Tatiick stieet, this arter
noon The funeral seivicis xxere con
(nicted bx Ri x Dr Flippo, foimerlv of
Roanoke, a . Rev Dr Mnkel), or Wash
ington, i'i Rex Dr Iiutlei, ol this citx
J he funeral xxas attended bx a uumbei ol
friends of the dece.isid from Washington
'I he rem ilns xxeie deposited m the Hendei
soii f.imiU xailt in the i T Cemeti rv
Guard S S Raker, or the Richmond
peuitenti ii), 1 rt heie this evening xxith
Harrv Simpson, xvho xx is c onx icted at the
lanuaix term or the lorpoiation court
or larcenx fiom the p ison and sentenced
to serxe one xeai in the penitentiarx
An effort xxas inade to h ixc Simpson's sen
rence coiivnutiii, but Gox t'reriall re
fused to interfere The gu.nd .llso lud
in charge. I II W atson and Lewis lilakclx,
the two colored men xxho were itccnllx
(onxicted at Manassas of stealing goods
from a railroad tiain
The following officers or Rathbone Com
panx, V R K or T. xv ere installi d las'
night bx Col Haldvx in, or Richmond tap
tain, i: R Boxir first lieutenant, R X
Roland second lieutenant, f It Herbeit.
it coi de. W 1 Sch.ifer ireasuier. C
Moole The reports or the orricers show
the compunx to be in an excellent eon
dition A bancpiet xxas scixck! after the
meeting
M D Corse Camp, Sons or Confederate
Veterans, is arranging to entertain the
camp of S C V of Washington, xxhlch
xv ill xisit this citx shortly The camp has
also dicided to participate In the fair to
be glxen ox the Ann Lee Memorial Asso
ciation
Mr William Kelley, a brassvxorker at
the Southern Ildixx.i) shops, in this mx,
xv is b.idl) cut about the face this exeiiing
bx the explosion of a lubricator glass
Rex Dr Clumpett or Ral'imore will de
lixer the siiinon at Christ Church to
ii'orroxv night
A decree conririning the report jr the
cnmiiiissoncr or sale in the cake of James
MeCuen, xx'as entered in the corpoiatlon
couit todav.
The locoinotlxe xxhich ran orf the ra(k
or the electric railxv.iv neai the dvko last
xveek has been raise'd and will soon be
taken to the Tcnnsxlxania shops for e
pai rs
An accident xxhlch max result in the
death of the fre-yearold son or Mrs
Annie E Riner, or No 311 fcouth Patrick
science doesn't seem an adequate sub
stitute Toi God at such a moment then
be.in to scramhle doxxu into that axx rul
pit For about sistx feet the descent
xxas almost peipendicular At that depth
1 felt beneath mx feet a comparatix ely
ie.el floor, but the roor or the caxern
hung so loxv that I xxas obliged to xval
low roivxard upon mx knees and elboxx-.
The roor soon lifted, hoxv ever, and I found
m)self in the most xxonderrul grotto, I
behexe. that exer the e)e or man has
looked upon.
' For a moment I fancied that I xxas stal
ing into the throat of Hell The xxhole
space berore me xxas ranged with scxthe
like icicles of emerald green onl) they
xxere so hard and rigid that mx utmost
efforts xxere insufricient to break or stir
them When struck the) lang xvith a
"Then I Began to Scramble Doxxn
Into Thnt Axvful Pit."
moaning resonance, that rose to a shriek
if a succession of bloxxs vxas given. They
xxere not stalactites, for they shot out
at all angles from floor and roof and xvalls
alike. It must haxe been a cr)stalliue
formation; each spire xvas long and slender,
.slightly curxed, and needle-sharp at the
point. Through them, xxith opalescent re
fraction, gleamed a red, sullen light from
fiery cicxices In the rocks beyond; and
xvhile I gnzed, almost paral)zed xxith as
tonishment, out of oii'i ol them issued a jet
of steam with a hiss that made thegrotto
ring like a might) xvind-swept harp.
"Then I turned and fled in terror
none too soon, for as I trudged out
under the drooping folds of rock that
almost shut the passage, I xx as partially
oxercome by the noxious fumes. Nexer
theless, I succeeded in calling to my
friends abovo, and xvas dragged to the
wgtJ
itnet, oecnired shortly) artci 6 o'clock
yesterdii) ex cning The liltle felloxx was
engaged iii flying a, kitci in the stieet m
front or his home, hen he was inn into
by a team drixen by Mi. Ta)Ior Arnold,
xxho had railed to notice the child in time
to nxoid the accident The xx heels or the
carnage passed oxer the head of the boy.
The child xv as remox ed to his home, vvhei e
he xxas attended by a ph)sician.
The ladies or St Ma'i)'s Church xvill
pxe an 0)stei suppei at the L)ceum on
the night of the 17th nistant lor the bene
fit or the chinch J
Mis William II. Maihmy is ill nt hei
home on Prince street.
Mr. Aleck Kaiiriuann left last night for
Calirornia, xv here he xvill engage in busi
ness. Airs J T Heckham has almost entirely
lecoxercd Horn her lecent illness.
Miss Mai) Whitehead, of Louisville,
Kx , is the gi.est or her cousin. Miss Mar)
Gounaii, on South Lee street.
EXEcr'IlVl .MANSION HULKS.
Seeielni) Porter Nsiios His Kirt
Offieiul Oilier.
Secretar) Porter issued his fiist official
ortler vesteiduy it provides lor the
transaction or business with the President,
and lixes the Cabinet davb and the hours
and times rot public receptions The order
omits the rule In lorce dining Mi. Cleve
land's admmistiatiou, proxiding that the
Piesiclent should be Tree Trom all callers
on Mondaxs It changes tin hour or holi
dav public leceptions Irom 1 to 3 o'clock,
and lixes Trida) lusteitd ot Saturday as
nil' or the da)s on xvlnch the public may
shake the Trcsulent's hand Otherwise, it
is xv old lor xx oid the oiclei issued at the
beginning of Mi Clex eland's last term,
and leads as MIoxx s
The Cabinet xvill meet Tuesdays and
Trichos at 11 o'clock a m
'Ihe President will icceive Senators and
Representatives in Ctngicss rrom Id to
12 o clock on d,i)s jwccpt Cihiiiit chi)s
Persons not Senatois oi 'Repiescntatix es,
hnxing busim ss xxith the President, will
be recji x ed I i oin 12 to 1 o'clock ever) dav
except Cabinet ehi)s
Those having no biisiuiss, but xv ho desire
to pax their icspccts xvill be icecixtd by
the Preside utin the East Room at .lo'clock
p m on Mouda)s, Wedncsda)s ami Tri
da) s
A POLICEMAN THE VICTIM
Clara Crouuse Attempts to Black
mail Oliieei' Richards.
A Pistol Shot ui.il u "Wiumui's
SL'ie.niis Malte the Cuit a
I)stoi Ions. Oi c.
A case or attempted bhu km.iU, in which
a police officer fighrccl as the victim and
a prettx female criminal the persecutor,
has Just come to light. More than three
months ago tiara Croune, an alliactive,
black cved girl, nineteen years of age. and
lixing on ( apilol HJU, xxas suspected bx a
ladv in I hat si ction or stealing sexeiil
articles of clothing rum her house, and
co strong was the proof that the ladv
sxvore out a xv arrant for her arrest To
Policeman George G Richards, of the
Fifth precinct, the serxmg of the xx trr.uit
xvjis Intrusted and he placed the girl un
der arrest 'Ihe following dax she was
sentenced to three months in jail As
she xv as removed rrom the courtroom she
turned on Richaids and swore she would
be rev- nged on him Tor her arrt.t
During the thne inonihs of her en
forced sojourn at the jail Richards, of
course, heard nothing from her, and he
had almost lorgolten the incident in the
police court Hut the xvom.in cherished her
fancied xxiong, and almost the first thing
she did xx hen she gained her Ireedoin
xvas to trx to carrx Into erre ct the scheme
xxlnch she had thought out during the
xxear) hours or her imprisonment
Richards and his xoung xx ire liaxe a
co) home on G street southeast, xxhere
thex haxe llxtd suite their marriage, onlx
a )e.ir ago A rexx vxeeks since the peo
ple in tli.it neighborhoi d noticed a strange
vxom.ui, cl id in black, who Sii'med to
tako a peculiar interest in the Richards
house Ihe lirst fexx chi)s she onl) asked
questions, but later she bribed a school
box to delixer a note at the dcor, ad
dressed to Pollcennn Richards Other
notes folloxxed, but they were nil ad
dressed to Mrs Richards
Their contents shoxved plamlx that the
woman xxas endcaxoring to blacken the
surface, sexerelx lacerated, but not ser
iouslv injured
"Altei an interval the xapors again
abated One of the sailois then xolun
teered lo descend mid place a stick of
dvn.unite in the grotto This xxas ex
ploded bx means of nu elght-mmute fuse
The roar of its discharge xvas tolloxx ed
b) another, louder, and deeper, and pro
longed, until, xith an eaithquake tremoi
and thunderous recrberation,xvith a deaf
ening gush of hteam, a cloud or ashes, anil
spurts or molten Inxa, the caxein dis
gorged its contents
"We fled in panic doxvn the mountain
side, happil), all escaped, not unhurt,
but nlixe
"borne xxeeks later xxc xxere able to
return and examine the debus In it
xx e found a considerable number of the
cr)stnls, unbroken Sex oral xxere partly
embedded in the still iiot lax a, but the
heat had not affected them in the slighest
degree"
'Ihe iest of the lettei is xvliat jou aro
not to read But xxnsn't Arthui mngnifi
cent' Onl) I shall nexer let him go near
Txan.i Tchallu again not alone, anyhow.
Well, thex loaded the green stuff all
thex could get out on the ship, and
brought it home, and it xvasn't so very
long after I got my letter that Arthur
arrived I sh.i' n't tell xou anx thing about
boxv I acted when I 6axx him Uncle
Amos slid I xxas precipitate and indis
creet I don't think he liked it much
when all those scientific people congrat
ulated him on his "prospectixe nephew''
Hut he didn't sax much, he just shook
bands xxith Arthur and looked serious.
All this xxhile Pi of. Empsen had been
getting ready for the experiment As
thex xxeie going to need a perfectly axx'ful
amount of electneitx, he had arranged to
haxe at command the xxhole power of
Niagara for half a da). He stands high
In scientific circles, and has "influence,"'
you knoxv Att)hoxv, he got the power
But I'm not going to tell )ou about
the experiment ni)sclf. I was there,
of course; but it's too much for me;
so I am going to show jou the report
I cut out of a paper the next day. The
man xxho wrote it is exer so nice, and
he's on the Starr of The New Metropoli
tan Snap Shot and Meteor.
"For sexeral xxeeks past the din of
preparation has been heard at Niagara
Falls, at times fairly rising aboxe the
roar of the cataiact. Yesterday after
noon, xx hat is probably the mest re
markable ph)sical experiment of the cen
tury was successfullx consummated "
1'ien he told all about Prof. Empsen,
and Arthur, and how he found the sub
stance. He called Arthur "a reticent
)0ung scientist of brilliant promise."
Arthur's a good deal more leticent than
he need be, 1 think; but there xvas -no
need to say bo lhere xxas something
about me, too, and about uncle; but it
wasn't done in a' mean way.
"And noxx the wonderful substance xvhich
xvas to form the basis of the experiment
ft JCiHl
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character or the orriccr in the e)-" or liU
xoung xxire. Mercenar) motixes, as xxell
as rex enge, prompted the female criminal
to xx rite ti.ese letters, for in one addressed
to Richards she said she xxould cease to
write them IT the orfuei would agree to
pay her a certain sum or money. No atten
tion was paid to these communications by
either the poHnman or his xxire, but fear
ing tii.tt the woman imgtit tarrv hei un
savory story to the police officials, Mr
Richards, in order to anticipate mix such
moxe, shoxved the letters to Lieut. Mc
Cathran, in chaige of the Firth pit unci.
On Kiturda) the CiOJiise woman xxas
arrested foi stealing a small sun. of money
ftom Mis Margaret llatliaxva), and on
Tuesdiix she xvas again sentenced bv .Judge
Kimball to siv months in jail Tuesday
ex cning, after d.uk, the residents in th
xicmitx or Sixth and G strcctsxveie startled
b) a jilst ol shot and the scream or a xx omnn,
appan ntl) coming rrom the vicinltx of
the Richards' louse Mr Richards, xvho
xxas sitting in a rc.u loim of his tioute.
heard the found or the s)ut, .mil he xv t,
"the fiist to appear in the stri et, and he
endeaxored to find the cause of the tumble
Hut his mxestig.ition disclosed nothing,
and he returned to his house.
All his neighbors xxere conxlnced that
he xxas the man who lired the shot, ami
thex xxaitctl the coming of morning in ex
pectation or startling dexelopmcnts in 'he
m)stenous arruii, and the woman in black
xxas iippermosti'i ttie'r 'iiiuda At that hour
the woman was saTe behind the bars at
the Jail When the people in that section
read this story thex xvill understand many
things which haxe puvlt d them In the
meantime the pistol shot and the scream
or the xxomaii remain sluoudedin m)ster.
A Noxx l'ntlrotid Hon id.
Raleigh, N C , March 10 It xx.is learned
tonight on reliable authoril) th.it th" gox
crnor and council or state today .ip
pointed a nexx boird or din i tors for the
North Ciroii'ia Railroad, composed of men
xvho .ire m sxmpathx with the goxernor
in his fight upon the southern Railwax
j'o.sri ornci: noi ioi:.
nnoiii'i lie read d.ill) bx all interested,
as eiiauges ma) occur at any time
roieigu mans Tor the week ending March
1.1 close promptly at this orftce, as
follows
'I I nils.iiliintie Mnil..
1- Itl DA 1-dii At 7 'JO p m . for V ranee,
sjwittrland, Unix, Spain, Poriusial, Tur
kex, l.gxpt and llritlsli Inula, per s s l.,i
Urct.ige, rrom New York, via Havre Jet
tels ror eithei parts of l.urope musi be dl
reeled 'per L,a Hrelagne ic) At 1 0 ."
p ii. , for .Netherlands cllrect, per s s Wer
kendam, from .Nexx . ork xla Rotterdam
Letters mustbedlrt cted per W'erkenilnni
(C At 1 tt ",", p ni , ror Geno i. per s s Fulda,
rrom exv ork Letters must be directed
per 1 ulda (c At KioTi j m . fqr Eu
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yueenstown (d At 10 Ki p in , ror ,vr
w ix direct, per s s island, from .New
lioik Letters must be diretced 'per
Island "
PULNTLI) MATTER, ETC German
steamers sailing rrom .New York on Tues
daxs, 1 hursdaxs and Saturda)s Like prlntr
ed in liter, etc . ror ijcimanx, and sjieeially
addressctl printed matter, etc . for other
parts or Lur pe
White Star steamers sailing riom Nexv
iork on cdneselaxs take specially ad
dtessed printed matter, etc . ror Europe
Ihe American, Cunnrd and Fiench ime
steamers sailing rrom .New York take print
ed matter, etc . Tor all Countries for which
thev are advertised to carr) mail
Malls foi miu tit anil Central Amer
ica, "Went Indies,. Jte.
TlU"RbDAt tc) At 10 uo p m for
Jamaita, Port au Prince, Paxanilhi and
arthagena, per s s Alltghanv, rrom .New
iork Letters Tor Costa Rica must be di
rected ' per Alleghany '
i-RIDA 1 (c) AtlO oop m rbrHerniudn,
per s s Tiinidad, riom .New York (c) At
10 55 p in ror.Ieremie, J.icuiel and Aux
(Jaxes, per s s Alis, from -Nexv York.
xvas borne in It appealed to be about the
size and shape of an elephant's tusk, but
more slender, audits xx eight was such that
txvelxe strong men vxere hardly able to
carry it Prof Empsen declares that it is
undoubtetlly a crxstal of helium, dex el
oped under extraordinary conditions lu
the Interior or a xolcano, chemically pure,
and quite unlike the specimen secured by
Cnpt Jerxis, xvhich was evidently a mere
chipping from the glaze at the mouth of
the cax e 1 his beautiful gem, for it looked
like a innssixe shart of emerald, xxas laid
upon supports of the same material, and
He Didn't
the electrodes xvcre carefully adjusted at
the ends; these xx ere not placed in actual
contact, hoxvexer, lest they be melted by
a heat so Inordinate as the experimenters
hoped to generate. There xxas no fear that
a current such as they proposed to use
could not leap the barrier; the only dread
xxas lest it leap too far and in the xxroug
direction -for at the full it far exceeded
a thunderbolt, both in xolumcand tension.
But ex cry possible precaution bad been
taken, and the spectators xx ere kept at i
Bare distance.
"The great hall xvas noxx d.irkened until
only a faint gleam from the arching
bridge ot emerald xvas xisible among the
Bhadoxvs 'We shall now very gradu
ally turn on the curient designed to heat
the helium bar, xxhich is an iniperrect
conductor,' announced the professor.
"Instantly sparks began to fly from
the electrodes to the ends of the bar
M3
Letters Tor He llc, Guatemala and Puerto
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At 10 55 p. in Tor C'anipeche.t'hiapas. Ta
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(d) At 1135 n in for Newfoundland, per
s h rrom Hnlirax
Mails Tor Newroundliind, by rail to Hnli
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and thence xia steamer, close here daily
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xxardlng xia steamer sailing Ionel.i)s and
Thursday rrom Port Tampa, Fla. (e)
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ror Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, and
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l-nciax, alter the Wednesday oxerland
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Ti'uiispmdfic Mails.
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p m , March 27 (d)
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I orts or sading dallx . and the scht tlule of
closings is aiianged t n the presumption of
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(a)ltegisteretliiiailsclosoat 10 a in taiue
day
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day.
n iRegistered mails close at (5 p n fame
day.
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vious day
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vious Saturday
JAM Lb P WILLEfT.Postmaster.
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LAPAVLTTI. TOMGHT.
MATINEE SATFRDAY
Regular Matinee Prlcis
DAVID II EL AS CO 3
Great Romantic Drama,
The Heart of
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Witli a Cast or Great Merit.
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xith cracking detonatiens; soon they
merged in a steady arc of electric flame
a continuous lightning flash. From
this, hoxxexer, our exe xxere presently
shielded by screens, se arranged that
xx e saxr onl) the space crossed by the
bar of helium.
"Sloxxly the massixe crystal Legan to
shoxv signs of heat Its imtixe hue xvas
lost in a dusky red, xxhich brightened
until it xxas xixid scarlet; then, as the
heat grexv more intense. It became white
hot and shone like the noonday sun.
" -Thus far,' explained PioL rmpen.
Say Much.
'the phenomena, though Impressive and
beautiful, have not been unfamiliar. As
the electricity raised the temperature of
the helium it commenced to gix e off waves,
or vibrations, xvhich could be felt as heat,
but which could not be seen because they
xvere too loxx to be registered by the hu
man e)e. Then as the heat mounted, red
rays, the loxvcst and slowest xvhich the
eye can detect, began to appear, and xve
said that the bar xvas red hot. As the heat
still increased, jellow xvaxcs, which are
a little quicker, became mingled xvith the
red, giving a bright cherry color. The rod
is at present xvhite and Intensely luminous
because color waves of nil lengths arc
given ofrin about equal proportions. Now,
if our theory is true, you will behold some
thing more noxel. Observe that by means
of special appliances and the unprecedent
ed poxver placed at my disposal I am rais
ing the heat to a point xvhere the shorter
.jirswn:.Nr.
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An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe
I'ror II H Rcssell s exv Lecture.
7U DlfeSuLVLNti VIEWS
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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, AT b p in.
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color waxes greatly piciiciuM. te a tbias
hitherto Impossible.'
"Ex en as he spoke, the xvhlte-HBt bar
awimed a bluish tinge, which quKklydeep
ened to a ueautifuf azure sIoxvuHke any
thing xx e hud exer seen before.
" "Blue-hot, exactl) a, in) young friend
predicted,' cried the- pi ofi'M-vr. xvith en
thusiasm It si oulil now sKoxv violet.
And a n oment later the xiub t, indeed, ap
peared. " It is already many tin es hotter than
molten iron, ""aid the piofesstir, 'but I
xx ill tr to raise the temperature, xet a
little higher.'
" 'What rami ow eharges ne-.t''" we
xxonderetV but xvhile xx e giued, the Kirai
njus are of violet paled tud vanished;
the bar seeineel suddenly to k.x e e-ttrfed.
"A s) out of triumph bioke fioni tlieliju
of the xoung scientist.
" 'I haxe xvon. he ened.
" 'Yes, xou haxe xvon,' echoed the gray
haired protestor For science you bavo
xvon a xictorx, ror yourself the sweetest
prize the earth has to ofter Gentle-Men.
he said, turning to the rest us, -tkafc
bar xvhich some of xon suppose to have
lnxstenoi.sly cooled, ha" now he-en brought;
to a degree of heat so intense that any
other substance would be instantly va
porized such a heat that its ibra
tnms haxe all passed aboxe the upper
limit of xlsion and no longer arreet the
e)e. For just as there are sounds too
shrill Tor man to hearr there is llgnc
and there are colors that no eye can
exer see Heboid the Hnal proof of "xfcaG
I haxe said.'
"He shut orf the current The coil
ing crxstal began to sparkle with violet
light This inergedina glow ofblue,wWoh,
sloxx ly subsided to a white heat, this 3anfc
to red: and dulled, and faded; again the
light and color of this ralnboxv of helium
adamant had vanished
" lt has again fallen below the range
of human xision," said the professor, ex
ultantly 'The demonstration is complete-'
"
Wasn't it a perfectly lox ely experiment?
Only, do you know, those rays that we
couldn't see tanned my face worse than
a summer in the country Aunt Julia
hardly knexv me; but Arthur didn't seem
to mind.
Now, there's just one thing more tnaS
I xvant to shoxv you Here It is:
Mr and Mrs Amos htitrni
requesr the honor or xour presence
at the marriage or thetr niece,
Joseplune,
to
.Mr Arthur Hope,
on x ednestlavarterimon,
April the twenty-nrst,
.Eighteen hundred ami nlnetx seven,
at high noon
at tneir residence.
No 1U7G Lenox: Road.
rms j;;su.
"The Heart of the Queen Witch, by
John Lanc-don Beaton, xvill begin to-morroxv.
