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BILL TOMPKINS’ RIDE.
From the Dakota Bell.
Blow*
What the wind!
Out here in Dakoty!
Why. 'seuse me. mister, I shed say it did:
I/e sea! ‘t were just about a year ago
That ole Bill Tompkins' wife were taken ill—
They lived out on the r claim, six utiles from
town—
-1 disrvmember now what made her sick.
But all I know is- she were mighty had.
Bill seed at once that, 'less the doctor came
An' fixed his wife a dose, her time was up.
But how to get the doctor, puzzled Bi.'l;
The only team he had was plowing ground
Jes' four miles distant- at his nearest neighbor's.
An’ cept himself an' wife, they lived alone.
Bill was a 'elite one, though its you will see
And sark'mstanei-s couldn't down liim. sure!
The wind was fairly lamming it that day
An'kipped along full fifty miles an hour
l ust thing he did. he got a counie o' sticks
An nailed them oil each side his two wheeled
cart;
Across these yer he stretched a canvas cloth
An' firmly tied it at the back with cord*.
Then shovin' out from leeway of the bam
He st nick the open prairie, where the wind
Was jest a-dancin' on in furious blasts:
An' fore Bill had a chance to clamber in
It Bwep' that prairie schooner fifty rexls
An' half the time the wheels spun in the air
Bill was scan mos" to death, but dursn t drap
For fear be.d skin his nose, or bark his chin,
An' so with legs a hanging, dangling down.
He gripped the tailboard, yelling out for help.
In less time than it takes for me to tell
The wagon struck the main street of town
Jest as Bill's arms were nigh a giving out.
Say. mister, you'd oughter heard them Imy*
LalT out an’ shout to see Bill hangin' there;
They yelled to him ter stop an* hev a drink.
So jes’ from force of habit he leggo
An’ tumbled right afore the doctor s door.
An' would you bleeve it, mister, thet there cart
It keiv a-goin' on—an" to this day
Bill Tompkins' never seed it—hide nor hair.
STORIE3 OF THE SEA.
Anecdotes of Old Seafarers—The "Gal
Who Browsed Above Deck.”
From the Xew York Star.
. There are many good stories told of the
ol* n days, when there was less betting
HHkut the ship's time in the twenty-four
■Mtirs, and whether the pilot at Sandy Hook
step on board with his right or left
first, or whether he would wear a wide-
or a hat.
■ well remember hearing of “Sam Slick”
Hall burton i standing on the deck of
on a voyage to England when a
can:e up to him and said: “I hear,
that you come from the place where
Hm SlicV lives.” “Ah,” said the Judge,
I know him as well as any man
for I have shaved him for forty
The Yankee at dinner told hi*
Wads that the man whom they all thought
and clever was only a barlier,
be had himself stilted that in his native
he had shaved “Bam Slick” every
for forty years! ()ne one occasion
who had never been at sea be
came on deck in the morning, and,
all the tore and alt sails set, rushed
the cabin, tolling everybody: "There's
wrong: the curtains are all
■V u.” when an old ladv, whose daughter
been sick most of the voyage, ex-
“There's notliing wrong; my
has lieen browsing about the
Hfk all morning:' Some of the
relate to old captains. Harrison,
Asia, going to Halilax, t-ucoiiiitercd a
fog off the hanks of Newfoundland,
Hi at breakfast told his liassengers that he
.■Buld make the land In ,i in the afteriiixm.
day wore on, when close to the hour
*Hfl the cry came from the lookout,
. ale-ad!” and down went the helm
Harrison, who stexxl amidst a
of anxious jiassengers, took out, his
and calmly remaikol, "Very good;
land to the minute!” That
Harrison, as brave uiul time a
as ever lived, afterward eoin-
the Great Eastern, and was
in the Sol. when going asHor.- in
and splendid navigator, could be as
as a lamb to beautiful woman, and
is a l-oar to the oilier sex if they
his ja!h; hut even to the lady pas
he could soni tin.,-- growl, as when
to the buxom willow who asked
|H*' were always logs on “the Banks,"
live upon them, madam.”
Lott" was another veteran com-
and in tin-dayso; his burhrlurhnod,
minister officiating on board his
unconsciously took for his text,
Lot’s wife'," which made the
jjlHem Lott rage furiously, as he also did
another occasion, when a sailor com-
Hi*i within his hearing that the pork was
salt as Lot’s wife,” the good Captain
-H: peculiarly sensitive to all such al
tJßfr-s to his distinguished biblical luune-
a voyage to Now Y'*rk wi*h the
Commodore of one of the great At
' fleets, Theodore Cook, the tvpe of a
gNHuI Captain, with u nerve of cold blast
and who lias commanded no less than
f Wty-lour ships. He was taking his noon
one day, when a cloud inter
his vision. A passenger, (aiming up,
“Capt. Cook, I'm aft-aid that cloud
you from making your observn
“Yes, sir,” replied the potentate of
"but it did not hinder you from
■>K your’a"
oai'oer of steam traffic, extending
half a century, lias not lu-en de
’Mßol inteiesting episode* outside the
’-^B' 1 limits of ordinary business routine,
lx- seen from the two following inoi
which I have selected to conclude
The first relates to nil action
pMjWHHvidry in the yet undegenerated day of
■" 6Mnu"rr-inl emulation, and well deserves
grateful remembrance.
In 1 850, one decade after the formation of
the Cunard line, there started into existence
the Collins line, w hich in its day was a great
power, and for a series of years fought hairl
and fought well for the supremacy of the
Atlantic trade. At the very height of the
struggle, the steamphip Alps was seized
by the United States customs in conse
quence Of an accusation brought
against some of her crew for smug
gling, and bond was demanded to the
extent of £BO,OOO sterling, when who
should come forward and stand surety for
the Cunard company but the great firm of
Brown, Shipley- & Cos., agents in New York
for the Coffins line. That was truly gener
ous, and it told both oompanies that they
could fight as men and act as men in time of
trouble. The second incident occurred in
1861, when the friendly relations between
Great Britain and America were put in
Jeopardy through the forcible arrest of
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, Confederate
commissioners on board of the British
Royal mail steamer Trent, by the com
mander of the Federal war steamer San
_jJancinto. This was at the beginning of
winter, when time was of exceeding value,
and the resources of the Cunard company
were at once brought into requisition to con
vey troops and stores to Canada. On the
♦th of December orders were telegraphed to
Liverpool to tit up the Australasian as a
transport. She was completed on the 10th,
took in her coals on the 11th, embarked tho
first buttalion of the Rifle Brigade and ■tores
on the 12th and soiled on the l'ltli, under the
command of (.'apt. Cook, for Bic, on the Bt.
Lawrence. On the 6th of December similar
orders were received with regard to the
Persia She received her coals on tho 14th,
embarked 1 ,“70 officers and men of the
Guards on the 16th, sailed the following day
under the command of Capt. Judkins, and
landed them in duo course at Bic,
but the ice threatening to envelop
the ship, Capt. Judkins had to I silt
for the open sen, leaving all his boat* be
hind. The story of t hose charters is a curi
ous line. The company made the contract
with the admiralty for about £30,(100, but
utter it was dosed they received official inti
mation that if this special service was suo
cok .fully carried through they would be paid
u premium of £IO.OOO. Well, an slated, the
Guards were landed in the Persia at Bic, but,
the Austinla-imi, although she made a
gadffijt attempt to roach that port also,
wag prevented from doing so by the ire
closing in noon her, and she was obliged
to debark her troopa at Halifax. The
company' bad clearly, therefore, forfeited
her premium, but what did the government
nay' They heard the story, ami Dot’d Pal
merston, who was then Prime Minister,
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and t3 Thev invdt/,su-resn,m .. uc7" k ’ Uk ' dn ! w,n t> rs a! ' d specificftHons for more- than three huadred different designs, "mostly of low
“1“ ™ ftan % dIS, rZS7I. ' om a “ intending buildora, however distant. They will sen l their latest publication (called Shopped s Modern Housi, No. 5)
remarked: “You can claim nothing as you
did not land the Guards and Rifles at Bic;
but, inasmuch as you put the Guards ashore
there, we might give you £6,000.” Then,
in a moment afterward, with a twinkle in
his eye, he said: “No, gentlemen, you shall
have the £IO,(XX). You did your best, and
I like pluck.” Alackaday! would that be
done now f
VENERABLE BUT LAUGHABLE.
The Clever Cadet and the Court
Martial.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Year* ago hazing was very common at
West Point, but is now pretty nearly
abolished. The officers of the academy have
tried hard to wipe it out entirely and have
about succeeded. The most that new cadet*
have now to do is occasionally to stand on their
heads in one of the streets of the camp or some
small penalty like that. Of course, if tho
officers of the day should see the older cadet
compelling the younger one to do this the
former would be promptly punished.
Sometimes they are caught, ana then trouble
and demerits follow. Another penalty is to
compel the young cadets, when the table
stewards in the me** hall are not looking, to
put the butter remaining on the plate at the
close of the meal in their pocket. The best
w-ay in such cases is for the young cadet to
submit to the joke as well as he can. It is
the easiest way. Young Logan did not
graduate at the academy. He was there
nearly two years and was well liked by his
companions, but some of his wild oats were of
a rank variety and had not lx*m sown, and
gotten rid of before he entered the academy.
West Point is a bad place to sow wild oats,
as Logon and many young fellows have
found to their sorrow. The Senator’s son
was dismissed one day. His mother felt
very badly for his disgrace, but he never
seemed to mind it. It waa very wrong of him
to cause his mother pain, but he has ample
opportunity to make amends, and as he ha*
now sowed his oat* and become a fine young
fellow, he will no doubt make full amends.
Sometimes when the offense of cadets are
very flagrant court martial* are called to
trv them. These are composed of army
officers, who sit in trial like judge and jury
when the offender is in civil, instead of in
military life. These court* martial are
often very funny. Once there was a young
ster who had acted so perfectly outrage
ously thut he knew he would lie disnxised at
the approaching examination. *o he deter
mined to have a good time before he left.
On the grounds was an old disused shell of
some kind, and in it young hopeful piled all
theshuvings, rags aiid everything els* com
bustible he could get, and one fine night he
set a match to it and had a magnificent
bontire of his own. Of course suspicion
jxiinted to him, and a court of inquiry wus
organized to investigate the outrage. Gen.
Thayer was superintendent and Col. Fry
commandant of cadet*. When the prisoner
was called up for examination lief ore the
court, composed of officers of high rank,
imposing ill the majesty of the law, he was
asked Pi state what he knew about the fire.
“I—l don’t know anything mvself but
what is hearsay testimony, and you won’t
admit that,” he replied.
“Tho Court does not desire your views on
hearsay testimony,” severely remarked the
prosecutor. “You are directed to state
what, may have oonie to your knowledge re
garding Ibe affair.”
"Well, but," objected the culprit, “I don’t
know anything about it, and what I heard I
don’t believe."
“The Court, sir," thundered the officer,
“ha* not inquired into your lielief. You will
immediately state what you heard."
“But—but—you don’t iielieve me, either."
By that time the Court, was in a rage.
“Go on sir." roared several officers together.
“Well, they do say,’’ stammered the cadet
diffidently, “that Gen. Thayer got the shuv- I
lugs and old Fry net ’em afire.” '
'IHE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1887—TWELVE PAGES.
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.
DESCRIPTION OF DESIGN.
Size or Structure— Front, 33 feet Side, 44 feet
Size of Rooms— See floor plans.
Height of Stories— Cellar, 6 feet 6 inches; First
Story, !l feet; Second Story, 8 feet.
Materials —Foundation, brick; First Storv, clap
boards; Second Story, shingles; Gables, shingles: Roof,
shingles.
Cost—fl,7oo to $2,000, complete.
Special Features —Plenty of rooms and most of
them good size.
An excellent seaside hon e by adding more veranda.
Brick walls under the whole house with cellar under
the dining-room. Large cellars are not necessary in these
days; with a wall under the house it is just as warm, dry
ane healthful as if the whole were excavated. Large
cellars are costly if they are well built. An illy built one
is ot little use and a iiositive Source of danger. <•: course
there are certain kinds and conditions of soil which make
it desirable to excavate under the whole home, but
ordinarily where there is a good dry top soil a large
excavation is neither necessary nor desirable.
There are four bed-rooms on second floor. The smaller
one in the rear can be made a bath-room, with tub and
water-closet far an additional 8200.
PRACTICAL JOKING.
A Baker County Journalist Floes from
the Wrath to Come.
From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union.
A rumor was circulated very freely on the
streets here yesterday' that a political out
rage had tieen perpetrated a few days ago
at McClenny, resulting in the editor of the
Maker Counly Sentinel being driven out of
town by a number of prominent citizens of
that village.
A reporter took the first train for the
scene of the alleged outrage, arriving there
about 5 o’clock, and immediately proceeded
to investigate the matter. He first saw Mr.
H. H. McDonald, agent of the Florida Rail
way and Navigation at McClenny, from
whom he learned the following facts:
I-ast Friday night about 12 o’clock he
was awakened by someone loudly' ropping
at the door of his room, which is located on
the first floor of the hotel. On going to the
door he was confronted by Mr. E. V New
bera, the lute editor of the Maker County
Sentinel, who severed his connection with
that paper Thursday. The latter was in
undress uniform, having no clothing on but
his pants and shirt On being admitted to
the room he said that a crowd of men were
after him and he was afraid that they in
tended to mob him. He slept in the btiild
ing in which the paper is printed, and said
that the men came to the office and de
manded admittance, which was refused. He
was then informed that unless he came out
they would force the door open. This
frightened him, and ho jumped out of hed.
ana, hastily putting on his pants, junqied
out of the back window and made for the
hotel, where, as above stated, he presented
himself at the door of Mr. McDonald.
He had scarcely got safely inside the room
when several knocks were heard again at
the door, and several voices demanded ad
mittance. Mr. McDonald told them they
could not come in, whereupon they thi-eat
ened to force an entrance. By this time
Newbera was thoroughly frightened, and
without waiting longer jumped out of the
window and fled to a swamp about a half
mile distant, where he remained all night.
Early Saturday morning he made
his way to Glen St. Mary, two miles dis
tant. when- he found protection at the
house of a friend. A man was immediately
dispatched to McClenny to get his clothing.
When he arrived at Glen St. Marv he pre
sented a pitiable spectacle. His "clothing
was torn into shreds and his limbs were cut
and scratched in a fearful manner from con
tact with the briers in the swamp during
his flight.
Dr. Foster, of McCJpnny, and Mr. Pearce,
the Marshal, had gone several miles into the
country on Friday, and returning Saturday
monung'by way of Glen Bt. Mary saw New
bern on the depot platform. The latter re
lated his experience of the night previous,
and on being asked the cause of it said it
must be because he favored Btoxham for
Senator in his paper; that he could assign
no other rt<ason.
A rejiorter saw Dr. Foster, who said that
so far as he could learn the whole proceed
ing was intended as a joke. He snia that he
took no stock in the cause assigned by New
hern, as h<> as well as nine-tenths of the citi
zens of Mot'leiuiy and of Baker county fav
ored Btoxham, and thut Newbera’* paper
had been for Bloxham from the openiug of
the campaign.
On inquiry it was learned that those who
took part in the affair were C. B. McClenny,
J. C. Barrs, J, W. McClenny, E. 8t Bhuey
and two or three others, whose names coulil
not lie learned.,,.
The reportdr nilkdflp Mr. Barr* at his
store and fu.md •tigagrd In writing a
letter to hi* brother fif this city. Dr. Barrs,
in relation to the afTaii He expressed him
self as pci ltMry witling to talk about the
mutter umflnid thaSllowing story:
,l fu {ds paper lost
week that he had severed his connection
with the Sentinel, and would leave in a day
or two for other fields. Several of the men
and boys here proposed that we give him a
serenade and a little scare. Accordingly
about midnight Friday night seven or eigh t
of us gathered up tin pails and horns and
proceeded to the office of the Sentinel,
where Newborn slept. We made a big
racket and demanded admittance, which
was refused, and on one of us going in we
found the bird had flown. The party then
broke up, but two or three of them heard
that Newborn had gone to the hotel and
went over there. Newborn again got out
and the next thing wo heard of him he was
in Glen St. Mary.”
I “Mr. Barrs,” said the reporter, “it is
; claimed that this assault was mad;- on New
- born because he was a Bioxham man.”
“There is nothing in that at all. None of
us even thought of such a thing. It was
simply a joke we were playing on him before
he left.”
“What was the political complexion of the
party who took part in it?”
“Well, that is one thing which makes it
look bad. Unfortunately they were all Perry
men. The truth is, though, that it was sim
ply a scare. Nevvbern is a crank, as every
body in town will admit, and on several oc
casions the boys have 'scared’ him by simi
lar capers, but nono ever went so far as
this.”
The reporter talked with a number of
other citizens about the matter. They
nearly ail express themselves as satisfied
that it was u joke, but there are some who
declare that it nad a serious aspect. All
join in expressing regret at the occurrence,
saying that it looks imd for the town, and if
the story goes abroad it will hurt the place.
Newbern is now in Tallahassee, and the
Sentinel has suspended for a short time,
until Mr. Moore, the proprietor, who is
Bergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, can make
other arrangements for its publication.
Mr. Brewster’s Little Mistake.
/Voia th> J Pittsburg DtHjxiteh.
Yes [said a man on the train], he’s a good
fellow [ex-Attorney General Brewster], but
there’s a lot of blarney about him. I know
him well, you see; used to visit at, my house.
Did I oyer toll you that joke about him!
No! Well, you see, lie hat a great fashion
of calling his personal friends “my dear fel
low,” and addressing young ladies as “my
dear” in u pleasant way. VV e had a colored
rook ut our house who wasn’t handsome, but
slio could beat all Dauphin county baking
waffles. One evening aliout dusk there
came a ring at my door bell. My library
was just at the head of tkostairs. The cook
answered the call. It was Brewster, and in
the semi-darkness he thought it was one of
the family, “flood evening, my dear; I
hope you are well,” and ho put oiit his hand
for a shake. It was too late to back out
when he saw who it was, so ho kept right
on, talked about the pleasant weather and
the family just as though it was an every
day matter with him to shake hands with
the servants, while I hung over the balusters
about ready to die. ills urbanity mid self
possession were equal to the occasion, and it
tickled the girl nearly to death. Afterward
whenever she knew Brewster was to take
dinner at our house we hod waffles and
chicken that beat the world.
An Englishman who was recently In Kan
sas City for a few days on a business trip
dreamed one night that he woa walking
rapidly up the main street of the villiage of
Bunbury-on-Thames, the home of his
mother, in England. On arriving at the
door of his mother's house he saw that
cra|>o was tied to the knob, ami that the
shutters were dosed and the blinds drawn.
He related the dream to a friend at break
fast in the morning, and then dismissed it
from his mind. In the afternoon he received
u cablegram from his brother announcing
that, his mother had died suddenly the night
before.
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BOTH HUSBANDS CLAIM HER.
And Also Some Valuable Property—A
Case Without Parallel.
A Lynchburg, Va., dispatch to the Knox
ville Tribune says: A case was practically
decided in the Circuit Court, Judge HorsWy
presiding, this morning, which probably
has no parallel in Virginia jurisprudence.
The facts are briefly stated as fWows: In
1849 James Dolan, proprietor of the Rose
Cottage nursery, died, leaving a widow,
who subsequently married James McGowan,
who was for many years one of Lvnchburg’s
most prominent and highly-respected o;ti
I zens. Mr. Dolan left a daughter, who mar
ried H. E. Smith, who after some time de
serted her, leaving an infant child. Mrs.
Smith removed to New Yorx and after
seven years had elapsed, during which time
she had not seen her husband, she had the
right under the laws of that State to pre
sume that he was dead, nnd accordingly
married a man named Richaiii Dorney.
Mrs, McGowan, the mother of Mrs. Dor
ney, died leaving her husliand in charge of
the property without having made any ar
rangements for its division among her heirs.
Her husband subsequently died, and now
the anomaly is presented of two husbands
claiming one wife and all the property she
inherits from her parents; for no sooner was
Mr. McGowan’s death amiounced than
Smith put in his appearance and claimed
his wife and the share of the property
though he had linen previously not heard
from for more than seven yeai-s. Mr. Dor
ney, considering himself the legal husband
of the lady, resisted the claim of Smith, ar.d
upon the issue the ease come up for trial be
fore the Circuit Court.
The decision was practically that Smith,
by his desertion of his wife, was not en
titled to any share in the valuable property
involved, and that the marriage to Dorney
in New York is valid. After this decision
the plaintiff submitted to a non-suit, and it
is impossible now to say whether or not the
case is ended. It may be revived and the
litigation indefinitely continued.
Incongruity.
From the Boston Courier.
That incongruous mixing of sentiments
and emotions of which some people are ca
pable will never cause U> be astonishing and
equally amusing. A visitor tells of an
incident which occurred in a village of
Maine, where he was visiting, which may
serve as an illustration. A neighbor came
running into the house of a relative whom
he was visiting, and exclaimed excitedly:
“Oh, Daniel Webster is dying. I don’t
know but ho is dead now!”
The hostess rose to the occasion by ex
pressing the proper degree of astonishment
and sympathy, finding time to explain to
the Bostonian that Ilaniel Webster was the
eldest son of the sudden visitor, and that lie
was dangerously ill of fevers.
“Yes,' the mother went on. “He is dy
ing! I know he is. I just ran in to tell you
that my bantam roost# I lost day before
yesterday came home last night.”
Daniel Webster really did yield up the
ghost the following morning.
A Very Lucky California Merchant.
Two portions of a $150,000 lottery pri*e
won here. One of them it hapi>ened was
number 00,551, drew the first capital prise
of $150,000 in the March drawing of The
I/uiisiana State Lottery; Joseph Dttiinen
bamu sent for one-tenth of that amount and
received his money through the London,
Paris and American Bunk, of tills city. His
firm is well known here and in Han Diego
and Vallejo, where they have stores. An
other holder of a one-tenth received his
• 15,000 through Wells. Fargo A Co.'s bank,
of this city, but his name lias not transpired.
—Nan Francisco (Cal.) Call, April 0.
Tint oldest living member of the Supreme
Court is Justice Miller. He was appointed in
18G2
STRANGE AND SAD.
A Prodigal Son Found on the Scaffold.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
The romance that even the most casual
observer can see in the lives of many people
never had a stranger and sadder illustration
than is to be found in the life of William
Douglass, particularly in so far as his own
family is concerned. The man is a murderer,
24 years of age, and just a few days before
he is to be hung for his crime his father and
mother discover by the merest chance that
he is their long-lost son. Like many
others in this State, they had read
the history of the midnight crime. They
had read the daily reports of his trial, ami
the strange and sullen silence maintained by
the prisoner before the bar of justice,‘to
gether with the sentence of death imposed
by the Judge, and the reaffirmation of the
judgment by the hightest tribunal of the
State, all in utter ignorance that one of
their own flesh and blood was the subject.
William Douglass, alias John Rogers, is the
man in question, and he is to lx? hanged to
day in Eureka, Humboldt county, for the
muider of Judge John H. Kimltall on the
night of May 28, 188*5.
THE FATHER’S DISCOVERT.
On April 10 last as a gentleman was walk
ing through the Humboldt, county jail he
took a look at Douglass, more out of curi
osity than anything else. In an instant he
recognized the prisoner. He had known
Douglass and his family for a great many
veal’s, and was absolutely sure that John
Rogers was an assumed name.
“Is your name not William Douglass?” he
eagerly asked the prisoner as he gazed at
him through the bars of the cell.
The latter replied only with a look of
stolid indifference. Not a word would lie
utter, but the friend of the family was so
positive in his belief that he immediately
notified a brother of Douglass’ living in
Kero county. The latter, without delay,
apprised his father, William Douglass, living
at Los Gatos, that the son who had been
absent from home for nine years, and who
was looked upon as one dead, was not dead,
but very near unto the grave.
The old mail received the news with
strong feelings of doubt and grief. He
wrote to the Sheriff of Humboldt county,
requesting him to see if the prisoner had
certain scars on one of his legs and several
on his body. The county official found that
they tallied exactly with those mentioned
in the letter.
Mr. Douglass was notified of the fact,
and this convinced him that the prisoner,
indeed, was his own son.
Last night Mr. Douglass was in this city
in consultation with a lawyer, in the hope
that some step might be taken to have the
execution deferred.
He is nearly 60 years of age, and his head
ami face are covered with long gray hair
and heard.
With the utmost determination he refused
to disclose who he was and where he lived,
and it was only through inadvertent sen
tences that his name and address could be
derived.
THE BOY'S WANDERINGS.
“No, I have not seen my son since I have
received news about him. It is an awful
experience to pass through," said the old
man, and the tears rolled down Ills cheeks
and his emotion became uncontrollable.
“It is like a horrible nightmare. I would
just like to see him if only for a moment,
and then the disgrace that he has brought
upon mo makes me stay away in order to
shield my family and their good name.
“When the hoy win; only 15 years of age
he ran awny from liome, and until a few
days ago we heard nothing about him. This
was in 1878. Shortly after I moved with
my faintly to Washington Territory. He had
frequently ran away from home before, but
I was always able to get on his track and
bring him back in the course of a month or
so. I went to Carson City, Nov.. to get him.
His running away from home was not
because of any natural depravity or on ac
count of ill-treatment. From about the time
he was 14 years of age he showed symptoms
of insanity. He cut a large gash
in his leg one flay with an ax, and it seemed
to have upset his nervous system, for fre
quently after that he was subject to violent
nervous fits. He used to act most strangely
at times. I remember one day in particular
he walked into the jewelry store of a next
door neighbor of mine, and, deliberately
taking a watch from one of tho show-cast, s
in broad daylight, walked across the street
into a blacksmith shop and hammered it to
pieces. Ke did not act as if he had done
wrong, and the jeweler, being familiar with
his strange actions, did not even take him to
task for what he had done.
“I know the lxiy has not a sound mind.
There is insanity in the family. I have a
daughter 14 years old who is insane. She is
violent at times, and has the peculiar mania
of wanting to chop up every big stick that
she sees for fear someone might try to kill
her with it. One of my sons, It* years of
age, is also partially insane. My father’s
sister and my brother were confined for a
long time in an insane asylum in Europe,
and whan a boy 15 years of age I was sub
jected to catalepsy.
Finding Pharaoh.
In the May Century are two profusely
illustrated articles under the above caption
describing the discovery of Pharaoh’s tomb
anil picturing its contents. From the ih-st
article by Mr. Wilson, the photographer,
is taken this account of the way in which
the tomb was located: “In a line of tombs
beyond the Ramesseum lived four sturdy
Aral* named Abd-nr-Rasoul. They supplied
guides and donkeys to tourists who desired
to visit the ruins of Thebes, and sold them
genuine and spurious antiquites. When
they found a mummy, it lie mg forbidden
by law to sell it, the head anil hands and
feet were wrenched off and sold on the sly,
while the torso was kk ke 1 about the ruined
temples until the jackals came and carried
it away. I purchased a head and hand of
one of the brothers amid the dark shadows
of the temple at Qurneh. Early in 1.881
circumstantial evidence pointed to Ahmed
Abd-er-Rasoul as the one who knew more
than he would tell. Prof. Maspore caused his
arrest, and he lay in prison at Keneh for
some months. He also suffered the bastinado
and the browbeating of the women rejieatoly;
edly ;he i esish and bribes,and showed no meitii g
mood when threatened with execution. His
lips told no more than the unfouud toinb—
and not as much. Finally his brother
Mohammed regarded the offer of ‘bakshish,’
which Prof, ilaspero deemed it wise to
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make, as worth more to him than any sum
he might hope to realize from future
pillaging, and made a clean breast of the
whole affair. How the four brothers ever
discovered the hidden tomb has remained a
‘family secret.’ On July 5, I ski, the wily
Arab conducted Herr Emil Urugsch Bey,
curator of the Bulaq Museum, to Heir ei-
Bahari and pointed out the hiding-place so
long looked for. A long climb it was, up
the slope of the western mountain, till, after
scaling a great limestone clilf, a huge,
isolated rock was found. Behind this a spot
was reached where the stones appeared to
an expert observer and tomb-searcher to
have been arranged ‘by band ’ rather than
scattered by some upheaval of nature.
‘There,’ said the sullen guide; anti ‘there’ the
enterprising Emil Brugsch Boy, witli more
than Egyptian alacrity, soon had a stalf of
Aralts at work hoisting the loose stones from
a well into which they had been thrown.
The shaft. had been sunk into the solid lime
stone to the depth of aliout forty feet, and
was about H feet square. Before going very
far, a huge palm-log was thrown across the
well and a block and tiu'kle fastened to it to
help bring up the debris. When the bottom
of the shaft was reached a subterranean
passage was found which ran westward
some 24 foot and then turned directly
northward, continuing Into the heart, of the
mountain straight except where broken for
about tiOO feet by an abrubt stairway. The
passage terminated in a inortunry chamber
alsmt 1;! by 23 feet in extent and Imrely li
feet in height. There was found the mum
my of King Pharoah oftheOppre.-sion, with
nearly forty others of kings, queens, princes
and priests.”
When the l.nl Mayor of London kissed
Queen Victoria s hand the other day he did it
with such a noisy smack as to cause merriment
among the particliunts in the ceremony.
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