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JADY for the jury.
j AB oaMENr IN THB EPSTEIN
CASE ENDED.
e Falligant to Charge the Jurors
•■.. morrow Morninar—The Issues Be
nreen the Defunct Firm and Its
Creditors end Mortgagees to Be Set
ed Than by Twelve Men—Another
Acquittal in the List of Sunday Law
Violators.
famous Epstein & Wannbacher litl
coo which has consumed almost the
l , r , attention of the superior court for the
( four weeks, is almost ended, as far as
t tribunal is concerned. All that now
oain* is the charge of the court and the
ding of the jury, if it agrees.
The arguments were concluded yesterday
ternoon about 6:30 o’clock by Judge
L nlf< who placed before the jury the
unis and rights of the mortgage holders,
alter (r. Charlton, Esq., made the closing
tumeut for the creditors in the morning,
o address was in keeping with his reputa
,o as one of Chatham’s best speakers.
Judge Fall‘gant announced at the eonelu
on 0 f the argument that he would not de
,r his charge until to-morrow morning,
he grand jury will meet as a body at 9:30
clock to close up its regular business for
te rm, at the conclusion of which the
, e lve members who are to settle the issues
etween the defunct firm, its creditors and
inrtgapees will get the law which is to
uide them in their deliberations.
It looks as if none of the fruit dealers ln
icted for violating the state's Sunday law
ill be oonvioted by a jury trial. The
cond aoquittal occurred yesterday in the
ty court. It was the oase against B.
bristopher. He was adjudged not guilty
, the same ground that governed the
icboias oase a week ago—no intention to
date she law. The jury waa only out a
, v minutes. Cana & Gann defended
brist pher.
SHORT ITEMS FROM POOLER.
be Week's Goings On In the Village
In the Pines.
Mra D. C. Newton has gone to visit her
lotber, Mrs. Eason, of Tattnall county.
Mrs lilein of Savannah visited her
lugtter, Mrs. Horace Morgan, last week.
Mrs. W. Harris and her mother, Mrs.
obo Brown, were in Pooler last week
ouse-hunting.
Hiss Mamie Sledge of Savannah visited
t the residence of Mrs. J. O. Marsher, on
ewton street, last week.
W. T. Harrison ba%. received his patent
ipers on a double balauosd acting slide
live for locomotives and stationary an
ises.
William Lebey and wife of Savannah
lent last Sunday at the residence of
rthur Kennickell. Mr. I-sbey made the
ip in a buggy.
The woods all around Pootar have been
urning the past week, but so four no great
am age has been done, though the fire has
me very close.
Rev. Lowrey, from the Savannah prss
ytery, has been holding servioes at Pooler.
!e has been a foreign miaaionary and has
aveled through China.
John Kent, accompanied by his daughter
slaw, Mrs. M. W. Kent, of this place, left
it week for a trip to Thomasville, where
ley expect to spend a few days.
Miss Julia Eason of Tattnall county, who
as been visiting the family of D. C. New
m, at this place, returned home last week,
inch to the regret of the young folks.
The Pooler friends of Sidney Garvin and
kivin Moore were pleased to learn last
eek that their two children who have been
i dangerously ill are greatly improved.
Mrs. John Lamolte, accompanied by D. C.
arrner, assistant baggagemaster of the
tienmond and Danville in Savannah .spent
it Sunday at the residence of George
rigor.
William Parks and James Paul of Savan
ah paid Pooler a visit last Sunday, coming
pon bicycles. They spent the day at the
Midence of Archie Paul, and reported hnv
ig had a pleasant time.
Mrs. ike Stults, wife of Engineer Stults
( the Richmond and Danville, was in
’ oler house-hunting last week, and olosed
ith Mr. Stringfield for his newly erected
seidw.ce on Read street and will move to
bis place as soon as possible.
There were two sociables given in
'ooler last week. The first was at the resi
enceof A. Kennickell on Monday evening,
od the second was on Thursday at the resi
eace George W. Gruver. A pleasant time
rue bad by all who attended both entertain-
Dtuig.
Phoenix Castle No. 9,‘K. G. E., of Pooler,
kited .Savannah Friday and attended the
-0. E. bazar in a body under command
!G.C.B. L. Patterson. Mr. Patterson Is
be youngest G. C. in the state, and is
rosing himself a most proficient offloer in
be position he has assumed.
The veteran Engineer Bam Davis has
aught a new pet uow. This time it is a
ex. An engineer who had been the vio
lin of one of Sam’s jokes, presented it to
Sam, who never refuses to take
nything, accepted the fox and now says he
dll train him to watoh other people’s
hiokens.
A. B. Moore and G. K. Zipperar of Ba
snrah were on a bunting expedition at
den last Thursday and reported a fine time,
hey informed several parties on the Jsboo-.
!v that thev bagged teventy-flve partridges
md sixty-five doves, aud that Mr. Moore
lulled down eighty of them. Mr. Moore
ias only one hand, having lost b.is right
time ago.
Charlie, the youthful son of Judge
aevans, has lately been delighting the small
icysof Pooler by giving exhibitions of
lack wire walking. He has a wire stretched
mar the waiting room,aud every day a
jrge crowd gathers to watch the youthful
uondin. He has done better than the so
aiied "professor" did who gave an exbibi
lonhere some time ago, ana deserves credit
for his show.
■WEATHER reports at pooler.
Station of the Weather Service to
be Established There.
Efforts rae being made to have a orop re
orter for the weather bureau of the depart
*rtmnt of agriculture in Pooler, and the
’°ti°n. it is expected, will be accepted by
i tru ck gardener.
be reports are made out weekly and are
g eat value to all interested in farming,
K et the benefit of an official and re
wi report of crop conditions. A bulletin
len/t 18 j° * 3e Placed in position at the
atK ‘ weather predictions will be
i as soon as they are received,
s"? lias been a reporting station for
ntrJf 1 ? 8 ’ ttlere baa been very little
; u*ken in the matter until recently.
iron-k? 80 '' now that the matter has been
3ut f tUD 11 will not be allowed to drop
■’“‘“fsignt.
kail and orosstis.
lerila ll! recen tly introduced in the Ohio
• Q ei .„ T® Provides for the appointment of
that °* railroad telegraphers, to see
dlcvm JUt competent persons are eu<
*" )64a8 operators.
South r rSt , mort * a ee bondholders of the
50(J .iKi , ro ina railway, representing $2,
or E ’ u ,j' ° b l® ct *o the proposed plan of re
shown ~ “• They claim that it has been
‘ls indebie-laeS Property 48 abl “ *° P a y all
r TI
bell (m ‘ ,lces *nt ringing of the shoofly’s
Clare) a arrlv *l at Pooler has been ds
taveant I ’? 1S ? nc ® lber ®’ and several citizens
blond an! ri f 16 ** a new ’ rjle ol tbe Hich
ringin . |J ar i villa, requiring the continual
lag still .r bel * while the eugineis staud
jr.r. 1 ® bulk of Uncle Mike’s passen
•itoe at tk ttt b>l, °f° r ‘ ami it requires more
' “ a atation than any other on that
account The ringing of the bell could be
dispensed with until Engineer Moore is sig
naled to go ahead, and th ere would be no
complaint made.
The Richmond Terminal reorganization
P*a a will be submitted to security holders
and the public early this week, the New
x ork Herald says. One of the strongest
features the large reduction that will be
effected in operating and administrative
expensee through consolidation of the sev
eral companies. The economies brought
about in this way will foot up many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars Earnings
of the system will be Increased by tbe abol
ishment of competition between several of
tbe roads, which, strange as it may seem,
has at times been very sharp. The services
of an army of freight solicitors, etc., will be
dispensed with and rales will be maintained
on a more stable aud remunerative basis.
The aim of the committee in readjusting
the securities of companies in the system is,
as was the case in previous reorganizations
effected by the Central Trust Company, to
issue a first mortgage bond that shall be
absolutely good, while grading the other
securities so as to yield their holders all the
income to which they are entitled.
GREAT FORCE IN A NUTSHELL.
Astonishing Results Obtained from a
Tiny Electric Generator.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
A procession of rowboats moving rapidly
about Lake Merritt, Oakland, a few weeks
ago, was observed with intense interest by
a few people who had watched with eager
ness the movements of one of the men in
the leading boat. The boat was fitted with
paddles, the rapid rotation of which urged
the boat rapidly through the ripples aud
drew swiftly the seven other boats la tow.
The boating exourslon was no pleasure
psrty. but a private exhibition of a motor
which, if able to accomplish one-temh of
what is said of it, is the moat powerful ap
plication of electrical energy devised.
Charles Hollander Is the mau who directed
the movements of the leader boat, and he is
the discoverer of the chemical combination
that produces marvelous results. The proc
ess, the materials, the manner of combina
tion, are secrets closely held, for no patent
baa been issued. To a very few people has
any information of the discovery or inven
tion been communicated, and these people
must be losing sleep contemplating tbe mar
vels which the young inventor claims for
his motive power. Seilander is a modest
mechanic, quiet and industrious, who is em
ployed by the Southern Pacific company as
an extra engineer of looomotive engines. He
lives on Fourth avenue, East Oakland, and
bears an excellent reputation among all who
know him.
The outward appearance of his appa
ratus is simple. His chemical compound is
incased in air-tight copper vacuum bulbs,
f>r it explodes oa exposure to the atmos
phere. Attached to the oopper receptacles
are wires through which the electricity is
fed as on supply wires of other electrical
systems. The discovery' is the generating
materials and their imprisonment. One of
these vacuum bulbs Is no larger than a wal
nut. Yet with this infinitesimally small
generator, he is said to have sent the light
rowboats dauolng over tbe surface of Like
Merritt as though they were shells moved
by a Cambridge crew.
The inventor recently told a friend that
for three weeks he had supplied oonstant
power from hit tiDy generator to move a
toy boat In a pond in bis back yard, aud,'the
battery showed no signs of weakening. To
the same friend he said that he regards hit
invention, or discovery, as the nearest ap
proach to perpetual motion yet attained.
If the young man is a pretender be has
succeeded at tbe beginning in guiling some
very hard-headed business men, who are
not inclined to swallow the Idle tales of a
fabricator of romance.
First, there Is F. M. Smith, commonly
known as tbe borax king of this coast, from
his business. Mr. Smith is ready to back
the Inventor with money. To an Examiner
man Mr. Smith would say but little, but he
referred with enthusiasm to the discovery
or invention. He said that be has not been
taken into Seilander'* confidenoe, and there
fore knows nothing about the materials in
the little battery by winch the marvelous
electrical force is generated. Yet be is satis
fied that tbe device will be a great success.
He says that tbe light produoed by the Sei
lander system is as superior to the ordinary
eleotrio light as gas light is superior to kero
sene lamp light.
E. J. Baldwin (“Lucky” Baldwin of San
Francisco) is said also to be willing to sup
ply the money to the inventor. Another
report is that the battery was tried for
lights at the Baldwin theater and hotel in
San Francisco with complete success.
George M. Pullman of Illinois, the great
oar builder, is another who is said to have
seen the Seilander battery and to be con
vinced that it is what it is said to be.
TOILETTE3 FOR DOGS.
An Advertisement Which Aroused the
Wrath of a Paris Communist.
From the Philadelphia Press.
A gentleman tranquilly smoking a olgar
was leisurely strolling by tbe magnificent
magasins of the Marohe du Temple, in
Paris, recently, when he stopped to care
lessly admire the particularly artistic ar
rangement of a certain “display” window.
He Dad been so engaged but a few moments
when he was startled to find tbe air of his
immediate vicinity bombardod by a rapid
and vigorously delivered volley of oaths.
By his side there stood an uosbaven, un
kempt and ragged citizen, the index Unger
of whose right hand, steadily moving up
and down in unison with innumerable pro
fane expletives, pointed toward aj fashion
card which rested in the midst of an ele
gant confusion of bijouterie profusely dis
played behind the handsome plate-glass
window.
Reading tbe card, the gentleman discov
ered that it bore the announcement of the
latest things in toilet —for dogs. Four
charming costumes were commended for
the adornment of the canine pets of the
dames of the fashionable world, as follows:
For the morning, a wrapper of fine flannel,
white or blue, as preferred, witn collar to
contrast; aud for the promenade, a softly
lined blanket of English oheviot, striped or
dotted with white; over this a cloak, cut
long and gathered close about her breast.
With this costume a leash of gold cord was
represented to be the proper thing.;;
For a carriage dross, when his or her dog
ship rides out with madame to the Bois de
Boulogne, either fine or heavy cloth, plush,
or mouse colored velvet, or chamois skin,
with oollar of velvet or fur garnished with
medals, gold or silver, were set forth os be
ing the proper oaper. Finally, for the func
tions of the salon the dog of .Parisian society
war to be decked out in ajl the glory of soft
est cachemire or richest velvet, pearl orna
ments. and the family coat-of-arms em
blazoned upon the animal’s collar.
The gentleman drew a long breath, and
felt sorry for dead and gone Solomon.
Then he again turned to glanced at the pro
fane man; but be was rapidly passing out of
sight down the Rue des Archives to the He
de la Cite, via which he would cross the
Beine. and so disappear in the heart of Mon
trouge, or in the shadows beyond. As the
forlorn looking wretch moved rapidly and
nervously on, he drew his rags closely
about him. for tbo wind blew shrewdly and
searchinjly; and the time that index finger
kept monotonously moving up and down,
doubtless still to the accomparfiment of bad
words.
The well-dressed lounger, turning to make
his wav through the swarm of handsomely
clothed shoppers and brilliant equipages,
which made pavement and roadway alike
almost impassable, was politely accosted by
an observing pflllcemau, who, pointing to
tbe ragged citizon, now nearly out of sight,
said:
“Discontented charaoter, sir; under po
lice supervision, and believed to have been
mixed up with the commune of ’7L"
So. after twenty years and more, it seems
that there are in great and rich Paris and
notwithstanding |ihe republic, those who
nurse their wrath to keep it warm.
TOE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1892—'TWELVE PAGES,
TO Pl'T BY ALL GAYETY.
THE LENTEN FAB C TO BE RIGID
THIS YEAR.
The Regulations Promulgated in the
Roman Catholic ChurcTee— No Indul
gence in the Die cess of Savannah on
Account of the Orip-The Pro
gramme of Services in the Episco
palian Churches to be Announced
To-Day.
The I-entea season begins Wednesday,
and for the following thirty-nine days so
cial festivities will cease among Roman
Catholics and. Episcopalians.
Bishop Becker has issued the following
rules and regulations for the observance of
Lent among Catholic*:
All the faithful who have completed their list
year are, unless legitimately dispensed, .bound
to observe the fast of Lent.
They are to make only one meal a day, ex
cepting Sundays.
The meal allowed on fast days Is not to be
taken until about noon.
Flesh meat and fish are not to be used at the
same meal during Lent.
A small refreshment, commonly called oolla
tion, is allowed in the evening, not .to exceed
the fourth part of an ordinary meaL
At the collation it is permitted to use bread,
a'l kinds of fruits, salads and vegetables. The
use of butter, chee,e, milk and eggs is also tol
erated by virtue of long-established custom.
General usage has mode it lawful to take in
the morning, some warm liquid, as Sea, coffee,
or thin cnocolate made with.water, and a mouth
ful of bread.
N'ecessiiy and custom have authorized the use
of hog's lard instead of butter, in preparing
permitted food.
The following persons are exempted from the
obligation of fasting: Persons under 21 years
of age, the sick, nursing women, those who are
obliged to do hard labor, all who through weak
ness cannot fast without great prejudice to their
health.
by virtue of an indult granted to the bishops
of these provinces, under datu Aug. 3, 1887. tbe
use of fiesh meat will be allowed at all meals on
Sundays and once a day on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, with tbe exception of
the second and last Saturdays of Lent.
Persons dispensed from the obligation of fast
ing on account of tender or advanced age, hard
labor or ill-health are free to take meat more
than once on those days when its use is granted
by dispensation.
The faithful are reminded that besides the
obligation of fasting imposed bjr the church,
this holy season of Lent should be in an especial
manner a time of earnest prayer, of sorrow
for sin, of seclusion from the world and its
amusements, and of generous almsgiving.
The Paschal time extends from tbe first Sun
day of Lent till Trinity Sunday, during which
time all L'atholtcs who have attained the use of
reason are bound to prepare themselves to re
ceive worthily holy communion. The season
of I-eot is a proper time, also, for children to go
to their first confe-sion, which they ought to
do generally when about 7 years of age.
Parents and teachers should see to this.
By command of the third plenary counoil
of Baltimore a oolleotion is to be taken np
in all the ohurches on the first Sunday ot
Lent for tbe missions among the Indians
and oolored people. Bishop Beoker adds:
Ws require all of our clergy to remind tbelr
flocks to give liberally for this good work and to
forward the anxouut to oar vicar general In Sa
vannah. They should also read the general
regulations far the observance of the Lenten
period on each Sunday during Lent.
Every Wednesday night a sermon will
t>e preached in the Catholic ohurobas, and
Friday nights there will be services of the
stations of tbe oross and benediction.
Tbs programmes of Lenten services in St.
John’s, Christ and Be. Paul’s Episcopal
churches will be announced to-day.
The first day of Lent is Ash Wednesday.
That it did not oome within the quadragesi
mal period is positive from tbe test.mony
of Gregory the Great, who, in speaking of
the fast, describes it as of thirty-six
days’ duration—that is as oxtsnuingover six
weeks, from the first Sunday of Lent to
Raster day, omitting Suudays. Thirty-six
days being nearly a tenth of the year, by
observing the fast Christians were thought
to render a penitential tithe of their lives to
God.
Lent, therefore, at the end of the sixth
century began on the first Sunday, and it it
known from the sacramentary of Gelasius
that the practice was the same at the end of
the fifth century. Ac what time Ash
Wednesday and the three following days
were addod to tbe fast has not been pre
cisely ascertainsd.
In tbe sacramentary of Pope Gregory
there is a mass for Ash Wednesday, under
the heading: "Feria IV Caput Jejunti"
(beginning of the fasti; whence it might be
inferred that Pope Gregory, in spite of the
words oited above, had himself before his
death sanctioned the alteration in question.
However, this may be, a capitulary of
the Church of Toulon (714) and the liturgi
cal work of Amaury (about 820) describe the
Lenten usage as identical with that of the
present day. There can be noMifficulty in un
derstanding tbe motive of the obange; for by
the addition of the four days preceding the
first Sunday the number of fasting days
before Easter, Sundays being omitted, be
comes exactly forty, and aeoxrds with the
fasts recorded of Moses and Elias, and with
that of the Savior in the wilderness of
Judea.
The office for Ash Wednesday opens with
a solemn oeremony which lias given the
day its name. After an inferoit and four
collects in which pardon and mercy are im
plored for the penitent, the faithful kneel
at the altar rails while the priest puts ashes
on tbe forehead of each saying Memento,
homo, quiapulvises, at inpuiverem rever
teris. (Remember, man, that thou art dust
and sbalt return tp dust). The ashes are
obtained by burning the palms of the pre
vious year. The Lenten pastoral of cho
bishops, regulating the observance of the
season, usually prescribe that the fast on
Ash Wednesday shall be more vigorously
kept than on any other day in. Lent except
the four last days of Holy week.
NUGGETS ON THE ALTAR.
One of the Stories hold of the Long
Lost Mines of Arizona.
From the Arizona Enterprise.
The legends of lost mines ot fabulous
wealth in Pima county are almost number
less, and, it might be truthfully added, gen
erally mythical. The old-timers can tell of
them by tbe hour, and a few have been
shown glittering evidences iu confirmation
of the wonderful tales reluctantly recited
with superstitious dreed of the cotsequenoes
of their perfidy by almost superannuated
Indians and Mexioans.
That the preolous metals were mined on
a gigantio scale la the dim post the many
remaining evidences already discovered
fully verify, yet tbe investigation of those
that ohunce has revealed has seldom proved
financially successful. Old arrastras,
covered with the decay of oenturios, and
crude smelting furnaces that have almost
returned to tbe dusty deitiny of all matter,
speak of industries once in active operation
that history, and even aboriginal tradition,
fails to meotion.
Some' of the traditions told sound like
fairy tales, and one, however skeptical,
cannot but beoome deeply interested in
their recital. Asa sample of the highly
plausible, well-authenticated, and ex
tremely seductive narratives, one related
by Charles O. Brown of this oity may be
received with intirest.
"Speaking of old mines,” said Mr. Brown.
“I have spent a good deal of time and
money in hunting up olewa, and one of them
was actually found, and I can go to it any
time. Out in the Silver Bell country I can
take you to a mountain so full of tunnels
and shafts that, if they were in good and
safe condition, you could travel through all
day long and not reach the end. A number
of old-timers have visited it, and, judging
from the vast work done there so long ago,
they concluded that a great mine of some
kind had existed there, which had likely
been worked out. Many times has it been
located, and though it walls, roof and floor
were carefully scanned and sampled, the
result, while showing some gold, was dis
couraging, assays showing from a trace up
te several dollars per ton.
“ Many years ago 1 talked with an old Pa
pago ludisu, with whom I waa on very
friendly terms, having often extended him
little favors, about the gold and silver
mine*. In a burst of oonfidonca be told me
that a great many Tsars ago, when he was
a vt ry -mall boy. Indians at San Xuv, r
del Bac made weekly trip* to a very rich
gold mine. On Saturday nignt they re
turned with the product of their toil. The
priest in charge of ttte mission kept a small
table in front of the altar, cover-d with a
white cloth, upon which tbe pious toiler*
placed thoir nqetalfteotferings to the chores.’
This table was often covered with golden
nuggets varying in size from a pea to
one’s fist, and it was a rich sight. After the
usual service the priest would descend, and
as he picked up each precious p;ece he
would proclaim the name of tbe donor, and
afterward would call them forward to re
ceive the special blessing of heaven. On the
following Monday they would again take up
tboir march iu a northwesterly direction
for the mines, and for a long ton this was
repeated until the priests were driven out of
the country, whan they abandoned mining
entirely.
‘ ‘The old Indian bad at one time gone
with the miners, who followed a wall-beaten
trail toward the Silver Bell country, aud he
saw them take out the gold. He agreed to
■how me the place, and out of curiosity I
sent a mau with him one day. They weut
out to tbe old mine I have spoken of iu the
Sliver Bell country, and when they reached
a certain gulch the Indian pointed to the
top of the mountain and said be would find
a sliaft there, covered with cat-claw bushes,
out of which the most gold was taken. The
man found everything just as the old Indian
told him. but long disuse had filled up tbe
shaft until it was nearly full.
“On returning the old Indian oould not be
found. He bad gone ahead, and was not
met for several day*. He then said he did
not dare show the mines to the white peo
ple, and protested that he did not show it
for fear the Great Spirit would take hit Ufa
He said the white man had found it, but he
did not show it.
“I visited the mine afterward, but the
work necessary to clean out the shaft was
too great and too expensive to undertake,
and it has never been touched.
“Tbe formation it a singular one, and
samples of the white rook seut to California
were pronounced au exceedingly fine quality
of kaolin, such as fine porcelain ware it
mads of. Through it were streaks of iron
rust, aud it is likely the gold wai found in
them. Whether it will ever pay for the
necessarily expensive exploration and pros
pecting is quite doubtful, but there is gold
to be found there.”
JUST PEGGED ON.
The Experlenoa of an Old Man Who
Died After Much Trouble.
From the Kansas City Journal,
There died down in tbe Neosho valley not
long ago a man known for miles and miles
around as Old Joe Kimpton. Old Joe oame
to Kansas in 1856. He brought weak lungs
with him from the “ager” swamps of In
diana, but he plugged along and was ailing
off an oa for a number of years, when he
was “took down” with lung fever. It went
into quick consumption and odo of his lungs
was gone before he knew it. The doctor*
gave him up and didn’t think he oould live
through the winter. But be just plugged
along and allowed he’d poll through sum
mer.
The children were little tots then and Joe
bought a bunco of calves that spring and
said he guessed he’d have them anyhow for
tbe children to go to school on. The duotors
told him be oouldn’t possibly get through
the next winter and he made his will. He
hung around the house aud coughed most of
the time, aud the children helped him about
the i hores iu tbe oold weather. He had his
spoils and every body thought he would die,
but Joe he just plugged along and allowed
he’d pull through somehow.
The next veer aud tbe next and the next
be bought oalves and steers and pulled them
through somehow. Summer afternoons be
used to sit in front of tho long, low farm
house, built of addition on to addition,
thinking and coughing absent-mindedly.
He was a democrat and his ohief dissipation
was his attendano* on the oounty conven
tion every year and the state conventions
when they oame. He got to be known as &
large cattle buyer, and strangers who saw
him would look aud wonder, which under
taker would get him. But old Joe used to
take a grim delight in counting up the doc
tors who had given him up and who had
since died of natural cau-et themselves.
Every winter he would have his spells and
every winter he would tell the doctors be
tween his coughs that he would just plug
along and pull through somehow.
He bad attended the funerals of tan doo
tors whose bills he had paid for pronounc
ing him beyond hope and for tiptoeing into
the room to tali him they feared the worst.
He had a bad spell last winter. They said
it was the grip combined with tbe old
oougb, but old Joe Kimpton didn't say any
thing, though be took their medicine with
tbe old reproachful look, as if to say the old
words. Old Joe was getting along in yaars
when he died. He was 62, aud most of the
time enduring constant physioal suffering.
Yet he seldom complained. All over Lyon
oounty and Morris county, where the old
mau was known and lived, be will be
missed. His peculiar oase may pass into
tradition, and child stories may grow from
it about a kind, grim old man who oouldn’t
die.
STRANGE STORY OF PSSBEOUTrON .
The Family of a Maine Man Threatened
by His Unknown Admirer.
From the Fete York Tr itmne.
Boston, Feb. 24. —A strange story of per
secution oomes from Gray, Me., the viottms
being the family of W. L. Bennett. The
trouble began at Brunswiok, Me., where
the family formerly lived aud resulted in
their removal to Gray, where it has since
been continued. The persecutions have been
mainly In the shape of numerous poorly
spelled letters iu a feminine hand addressed
to Mr. Bennett, expressing the deepest love
for him, and repeatedly declaring tbo In
tention of the writer to put Mrs. Bennett,
who she says has come between them, out
of tbe way. The daughter’s life is also
threatened In one of the missives, which are
mysteriously thrown into the bouse
or tucked under doors by some
person whose detection has so far
been impossible. On Oct. 15, last, whilo
Mrs. Bennett was alone, a man oame to the
house and asked for her husband. She gave
him to understand that he was around the
premises, when he asked her if she was "the
woman Bennett lived with.” She told tbe
inquirer she was Bennett’s wife, whereat he
seemed much surprised aud went away.
Late in the afternoon of the same day a let
ter was received at tbe house for Mr. Ben
nett from the author ot the other communi
cations. It stated that the writer had sent
a man to Bennett's house that morning to
"do the job," presumably meaning to mur
der Mrs. Benuett, but tbe man “was a fool
like the rest and backed out.”
Other letters of even more threatening
nature oarna Some were filled with loving
remarks, and with threats of death to the
wife and children. In some the writer
wanted Mr. Bennett to see how muoh money
bis wife would take and let him go away
from her. The constant references to tbe
"removal’' of Mrs. Bennett, the visit of the
unknown man, an occasional shower of
stones through tbe windows, with other evi
dences of deep animosity toward the family,
have terrorized tbe inmates of tbe house,
and they live in oonstant fear of tome
tragedy. A shotgun is kept loaded and
handy, and the sou, who has temporarily
suspended his studies at the academy, stays
at home with a loaded revolver. A woman
who is somewhat unsound mentally, and
whom Mr. Bennett has not seen for eight
years, is suspected of being the author ef
the tetters, but ail efforts of detectives and
others to fasten ta. guilt upon her have
failed. Mr. Bennett never had mors than
ordinary speaking acquaintance with tbo
woman.
A Texas oy silks a n applied to a friend for
Information in regard to a certain man whom
he wished to employ,Mi his ranch. “U he hon
est and reliable* ’
“I should say so. fin Is tried and trusty, fte
has been tried four times (orstoaim* horses end
he got oiear every tltwy," was tbe reply.— Xexae
Stftinos,
CALF.B.
By Charles Lotijt Hildreth.
tCocyright, 1892, by the United Press )
“I can’t see wbat brought him here, any
way. None of us asked him to oome, lam
sure."
"Unless It was Der.siL He Is always so
soft-hearted about such people. If be
looked as if he wanted to come, you may be
eertam Dentil gave him an invitation.’’
fk“Ye,” said Denzil, quietly, "I did ask
im to oome."
"I can’t tell wbat yon did it for, then,”
responded the one who had first spoken;
"for of all disagreeable, stupid creatures,
Caleb Orton is the most disagreeable and tbe
most stupid.
"Never says a word all day long, but just
sits and stares, for all the world like one of
those wooden images before tobacco shops.”
“Yesterday," said a girl’s voioe, “l was
trying to cross the brook on tbe stepping
stones, which, as you know, are very slip
pery. Master Caleb happened to come
along, and without saying a word he picked
me up and carried me across, as if J had
been a bundle. When he saw I was angry
he turned very red, muttered something
about 'being afraid I might wet my feet,
and went off, looking more sheepish than
evr."
"He does nothing but ride around the
country on that bicycle of his, and-—”
"Now, look here, fellows, and you, Mol
he,” interrupted Denzil, "you are ail mis
taken about Caleb Orton. Tell me, did you
ever know of his sayiag or doing a mean
thing!"
"N-o," reluctantly, from several of the
party.
"Well, then, I tell you that Caleb Orton
is a true gentleman at heart. He may be
slow and awkward; I don’t deny that.
You may not like his looks; that is a mat
ter of taste. But, iu spite of his queer, shy
ways, he is one of the best fellows that ever
lived."
And all this time Caleb Orton himself
stood In the shadow of the hazel edge, not
ten steps distant from wnere the party of
girls and boys sat upon tbe lawn. He had
meant to join them, but had pained where
he was, with an unhappy sente that he
would not be welcome among them; and
while debating with himself, had heard
all.
Caleb was slow, as Denzil had said; but
he could not help seeing that his young
companions, except Denzil Graham,
avoided him. "He had often wondered why.
He liked and admired them all. They were
so bright and olever that he would have
been satisfied just to eit with them and lis
ten to their talk. But be noticed that they
became oold and silent the moment he
joined them. He had tried very bard to
gain their good will, but evejything he did
only seemed to make matters worse.
Sittlug by himself in his room, or wander
ing off alone in the woods, be had many
times ponderod over this with a very sore
heart What was wrong with him* What
had be done to offend them. Now he un
derstood.
He hesitated a moment, drawing his
rough red hand over bis eyes, then, without
knowing very olearly what ho meant to do.
he pushed his way through tho base!* and
stood before tho party.
Instantly sileuo* fall upon the group. Those
who had been talking against him looked a
little uncomfortable; for there was some
thing in the boy’s faoe whion they had never
seen there before.
"No," said Caleb, as Denzil beokoned him
to a place beside himself on the settee, "No,
Denzil; I only came to say that I heard all.
I did not moau to listen, but I know now
why none of you like me. I’m not angry,
only very sorry. lam clumsy and dull. I
oan’t do things that other boys oan. I
wanted to make friends with you, but some
how I oouldn’t. It wasn’t your fault. I
suppose I am different from other fellows. I
am going away to-morrow, and—and I
hope you will forgive me."
He spoke hurriedly, In a choked voioe.
and broke down at the end. He was ashamed
of tbe tears he felt springing to bis eyes,
and turned away quiokly, without waiting
for any reply. He had taken a few steps
when be felt a hand upon his shoulder, and
Denzil Graham joined him. The two buys
walked on in sllenoe, side by side, for a
short distance; then Denzil said earnestly:
"Look here, Caleb, you don’t mean what
you said about going a wav to-morrow I”
"Yes,” answered Caleb. "You see I
didn’t know they hated me, or I wouldn’t
have stayed so long."
"They don’t bato you,” said Denzil; "it’s
just tbelr talk. They don’t know you as I
do, that’s all.”
• ’You spoke up for me like a brick, Den
zil,” and Caleb’s coarse, honest face lighted
up with an affectionate smile; “I thank
you, but I must go."
"I will come to your room this after
noon,” said Denzil. "I’m going back to the
others now, but I think I shall have some
thing to say to you then that will alter your
feelings.”
The two boys shook hands warmly; Den
zil returned to the party ou the lawrj, while
Caleb weut to tbe carriage house, where his
hioyole was, and, mounting it, rode away
at great speed.
Denzil Graham had Invited a number of
boy and girl friends to spend a part of the
vacation at his father’s plaoe. tbe Mill
farm, situated in a beautiful little valley
among the LaooDio mountains. Among
others, be had asked his Caleb
Orton, to oome. Poor Caleb had few
friends, but Denzil had learned to know
what a sterling good follow there was hid
den under the boy’s unooutb exterior, and
he believed that the rest of the party would
soon oome to like him us warmly as be him
self did. But the result had beon quite oou
trary to Denzil’s expectations, and Caleb’s
first week at Mill farm had been one of tbe
unhappiest of his life.
For a few moments, as Caleb rode along
the silent country road, his reflections were
very sorrowful; then gradually be forgot
his own troubles in a discovery whiob he
believed he bad made a day or two before.
The Mill farm had received Its name from
the saw-mill which stood some distance
frnm the house on tbe banks of the brook
wbioh ran through the midst of the valley.
Half a mile above tbe dwelling a heavy
•tone dam had been built across the stream,
making a pond of some acres in extent,
wbioh supplied power to the mi 1L Riding
about tbe oountry alone on bis bicycle Caleb
had fouud this dam and had visited it fre
quently.
There had been a heavy rain storm at the
beginning of the week, and the water in the
pond bad risep to the very brink of the dam.
The structure was old, aud tbs pressure of
the water had started a number of seams
in the masonry. This was Caleb’s discov
ery.
He had spoken of this to Mr. Graham,
who had laughed at bis fears, saying that
tbe old dam had lasted fifty years and
would last another fifty. But Caleb had
not been satisfied. He had made a journey
to the poad every day, and had seen that
the crooks in the wall were surely growing
wider, while the escaping water was in
creasing in quantity. On ths previous
afternoon he had found anew oraok in tbe
stone work, near the middle, from which a
small torrent was rushing. Though Mr.
Graham certainly ought to know best,
Caleb felt uneasy about it. He was sure
there must be danger of the old wall crum
bling away.
When he reached tbe pond, and leaving
his bicycle in tbe road, olimbed down to the
foot of the dam, he was startled first by
loud roaring sound, and then by the sight
of a mass of brown water pouring through
a large gap in tbe wall which hid not been
there on the day before. Wide oraoks
seamed the masonry in every direction. As
ha rested his baud against tbe stones, he felt
them tremble os under a auooession of heavy
blows.
While he stood there aghast there came a
loud report and another crack opened in tbe
wall from top to bottom. Almost at the
same moment a huge block of masonry fell
out, followed by a tremendous rush of
water. Every instant smaller pieces crum
bled down and new jets of water burst forth.
Tbe dam was going!
Poor, slow Caleb stood clutobiag a sam-
pling, wondering what he ought to do. He
knew that the Mill farm dwelling was in the
very center of the narrow valley and if this
great rna-s of water were to rush down upon
it suddenly it mint surely be swept away
with all in or near it.
In the midst of his doubts auo'her sec
tion of the wall gave way, and driven by a
blind Impulse, Caleb climbed the bank,
mounted bit bicycle and raced down the
road like the wind. Behind him he could
hear the deepening roar ot the water, and
as he turned into the gate at Mill farm,
; snaking with fatigue and alarm, there oame
a dull, heavy boom, that seemed to shake
the pond. The dam had given way !
A number of tbe boys and girls were sit
ting upon tbs porch. He did not pause to
see who tnev were, but mouuted the steps,
shouting:
"Tho dam! tbe dam! It has burst 1 Run
for your lives.”
Iu a moment ill was confusion. Girls,
boys, servants and inmates ran hither and
thither, crying out in vague terror, and
utterly incapable of caring for their owu
safety.
Caleb seemed to be tbe only one there
with presence of mind. Raising his voice
above the uproar, he shouted:
"Run for tbe top of the hilll yuick,
don’t wait for anything.”
With a courage and coolness for which
no one had ever given him credit, he got
the frightened crowd together and started
them up tbe bill, following behind to
urge them on. They had Dearly reached
tt.e top, when Caleb stopped aud looked
baok.
"Where is Denzil 1” he cried. “He is not
here”
"1 saw him down by the brook a few
minutes ago," answered one of the number.
"Goon, then,” answered Caleb, "you are
safe now."
"What are you going to do!" asked a
terrified voioe.
"To find lienzii,” replied Caleb, turning
baok and running swiftly down the hill.
The water was now swirling and roaring
dowu the middle of tbe valley, rising and
increasing in vloleuce every instant, and
hearing upon Its muddy surface uprooted
trees, planks and rubbish.
"Denzil! Denzil!” cried Caleb, widely. “O
Denzil, where are you!”
‘■Here I am,” came tbe reply, and Caleb
saw the slight figure of his friend standing
upon tho point of a rook projecting out of
tho flood which boiled aud thundered above
him.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Caleb
pluuged into the water, whioh rose to his
armpits, and battled bis wav toward the
rook. Seizing Denzil around the waist, he
drew him down, and, supporting him by
one arm, struck out for the high ground.
The water had now risen above the boys'
beads and they oould only hope to escape by
swimming.
Denzil oould nht swim, and if left to him
self in that raging torrent would have
drowned in a moment. But he was light of
weight and Caleb was the strongest boy in
the school.
"Keep cool, Denzil,’' he panted, aa they
struggled ou.
"All right," was the response, "I under
stand. ”
It was literally a battle for life for both
boys; for while Caleb oould have saved him
self by abandoning bis friend, he never
even thought of it. If ideas came slowly
Into poor Caleb’s brain, they stayed, onoe
there. He had resolved to rescue Denzil
and be would do It.
Ae tbe minutes went bv tbe terrible strain
began to tell upon Caleb’s strength. In
order to keep Denzil’s head alio vs the water
he was swimming on his side, overhand,
whioh with Ueuzil’s weight forced his owu
head under at every stroke. Moreover he
was bleeding from a blow on the temple
from a pieoe of passing wreck; skillful aud
vigorous as he was. he felt himself growing
very weak. Should he fail after all! Poor
Denzil! It was like him to think only of biz
friend even at that terrible crisiz.
But be would not fail! He set biz teeth
grimly and battled on. Denzil oould hear
his breath come In sobe, and see the suffer
ing in his wild eyes aud drawn features.
"O, Caleb!" he oried, “you are killing
yourself for rae."
"It—ls—tough," oame the gasping reply,
“but I’ll do It”
Those who watched them breathlessly
from tho bank above many times believed
the boys lost, as the yellow waves rose over
their heads and hid them from sight. But
tbe next moment they would reappear, and
the hope would be renewed In tho anxious
hearts of the spectators.
l’oor, dull Caleb! they will never laugh
at you again. Everything was forgotten
in love and admiration for the gallant
boy struggling for the life of his friend In
the oiutcli of the flood. How they hung
upon every stroke of that strong right
arm! How they groaned and wept as
they saw him growing weaker and weaker,
moving slower and slower. Yet he still
held on.
"One mere stroke! Another! Hurrah!
Saved—saved!"
Caleb beard the words as in a dream. He
felt his feet touch tbe ground. Eager arms
seized him. There was a wild, exultant
cry. Someone oalled bis name; then he
knew no more.
W hen be crine to himself again be found
that he was lying upon the ground, his
head supported upon Denzil’s knee, while
around him stood boys and girls, men ar,d
women, some shedding tears, and all talk
ing together like crazy creatures.
"Caleb,” said Denzil, brokenly, "it is no
use trying to say anything ’’
"Then don’t,” answered Caleb, smiling
faintly. "It’s all right.”
"And I,” cried Mollie, sobbing, "O, Caleb,
I am so ashamed.’’
"Don’t,” said Caleb, again. "It’s all
right."
When the flood subsided, it was found
that only the lower portion of the bouse had
been damaged. The upper room* were
still habitable. At Denzil’s request, the
party remained at Mill farm, and three
days later an open air feast was given lu
honor of Caleb Orton, and every one there
heartily agreed with Deazif when he
concluded a neat little speech with the
words:
"Caleb Orton, honest as gold, true as steel
and brave as a lion.”
A Scientist’s Courtship.
An Interesting story is told by the New York
Home Journal about the late Sir George Airy,
tbe famous astronomer royal, and his court
ship. By reason of his timidity he seemed
doomed to be a bachelor for life. But fortune
favored him, and bs drifted Into matrimony In
au unexpected way. An Intimate friend re
marked to him one day: "Have you ever
observed Miss ’s eyest They have the
property of double refraction.” "iwar me,
that is very odd,” he exclaimed, "i should like
to wee that; do you think I might venture to
callr"
And call he did, and begged permission to
exstnlne tbe young lady's eyes. The novelty of
tbe situation may have fa-cinatoJ him At
any rate he begged the privilege of a second
call to look at the eyes in a clearer light The
problem grew so interesting tust be at length
came to the conclusion to make t a life study.
The boldness bora of scleutiflc curiosity enabled
him ultimately to propose. He was accepted,
and the strange courtship ended In a happy
marriage,
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