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ATLANTA, GA- TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 30. 1886
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Our Story Corner
Strange Testimony.
Anything mom exquisitely losntlfal Dun
Sin. Wctthaven would be difficult to Imagiao.
X net her with bar husband and alitor too
months fcoforo the mnrdor trial In which wo
Wren afterward concerned, at a fainone health
naoit In California. She waaa wornutof three,
nnd-twonty, perh.pt, tall, gracefal, and of
Ideal coloring. She aat oppeelto mi at tb«
tabic d'hote, and when the drat lifted hereyea
to mine I started nneontrollably. They wore
wonderful eyes, dark, tender, with a certain
childish appeal in them which stirred all the
Chivalry In a man’a na’nro in rceponae, Unim
pressionable, aonred old baobelor that I was,
found myself on Urn instant vowing to protect
this beeutlfhl creators who wasexooedlnsty
Well cared for, apparently, and had no need of
xny protection whatever.
Mr. Weathavsn was the most discontented
looking man I ever saw. Thin, dark, nation,
and with n nemos Irritability of manner
which tevu varied except when addressing
his wife's ilatcr, Mbs Carlyon, to whom ho
Showed the moat • fractionate consideration.
Mira Carlyon, for whose health Mr. and Mrs.
Westhsven was traveling, was a delicate, fra.
gllo crcture, and except fur a timoneu of coa-
tour of the face* there waa nothing to betray
fftojatatlonablp between tho two women.
Wo had boon nearly a month In the hotel
together before I become acquainted with
Westhaven. His manner wai melt cordial,
and ho told me that bo had asked for this In
troduction, lying that I waa not unknown to
him by re potation, and speaking In tbn kind
est tray of tba roccess I had aebloved In certain
eloctrieal experiments. Ho also confldsd to
mo his own dcop interest in studies of a llko
nature.
Mrs. Westhaven met ro o with great kindness,
and Min Carlyon railed her head from tho
emihlonsof her chair and gavo mo a tiny hand
like a bird’s claw, which was lost In my grasp.
8ho was s weird, nne inny little creature, with
glittfriig eyes full of a restless, saipioloas
a nrstlonlng, n marvelously white skin, and a
tin,cruel month. An nopleaisnt f«o. alto
gether, though with MHO claims to prottlnon,
and ono from which I gladly turned tagus
upon that of her beantlfnl sister.
I have apassiuns'a admiration
women, ana Mrs. Weethaven's beauty waa daw.
less and extended over her ontlro penonillty,
to her dolicats finger tips, to her arched, ex.
qnlilto foot, her giaeefnl, porfcct piso, her
Straying carriago.
Mr. IVulhavon wag a charming host-a
traveler, culturod, mid treating of many thing!
with a brilliant, glancing satire which aho vod
that he waa a close, If not a kind, student of hit
manusture. Miss Carlyon wai cvirlontlj in
sympathy with blur upou most sultiooU. and
Would often .-si ry out Ms Idos gracefully '
point where ho lo
. 1 real and witty.
After my first evening with'this slngulsr
family group I went out upon tho pUsst to
Indulge in a speculative smoko. I think I am
not a carious pernor. I havo prided myself all
iry Ufa upon an lndifthrenco to tho alr.irs and
• lBtereits of other people, but there was shout
this family, inapita ofgentle breeding and oils
of manner, an atmetphero of mystory which
provoked,if not inv,stig.tion, at leait specu
lation. 1 determined to no more of them
Westhaven gavo mo every opportunity.
Bought too upon all ocoaslona, and evinced a
fondness for my sorlety and a import for my
opinions which eould not bat flatter mo from
so young and 10 brilliant a tuan. Hii culture
was remarkable and his information widely
extended. He h*d been a close student, alibis
life, ho said, until now. About hit present
lute recti bo was strangely reticent, sad of his
tally ho never spoke, ssvo In smosteasuil
way. I rarely saw him In tho afternoons:
whatever his occupation or study, ft engross id
him then, and having grown sufficiently Inti
mate with him to warrant my going lafonuilly
surd unannounced to his rooms, 1 found that in
the afternoon I was rarely admitted.
Mrs. Westhaven walked and drove out, con
stantly attracting attention and admiration
wherever she was soon. She had a eertalq In
dividuality of style, which I believed grew
tan her perfect anconseiousncis of her beauty
—- gttlon aho occupied In
of her wonderful love-
Ho reeelvod my en
thusiastic observation! In moody silence, and
tho expression of dlsooutant deepened on his
bandtomo fioti
I hid of count, long before this come to tho
conclusion thit Westhaven was unhappily
married, and I more than halt inspected that ho
had awakenod to a terrible eertiinty that ho
hid married the wrong Miss Carlyon. Tnlt
thought I tried to close my eye* upon as an
unworthy stupid on agalnal tho man who
allowed me a consideration that I have rarefy
met with In life, which was certainly on usual
from A RICH) OCOQtlfltlDCCo
1 persisted, not without many dlscouraxi-
meats, in my determination to know Mrs.
Wssthaven bettor and my success was at last
crowned by a most disappointing discorry.
,'dhc had what I at flat bcllovcd to bs an sver
sion to coavenMion. I never heard her ssy
anything, even In tho way of a reply, which
contained an uanccesmry word, and
it most have boon
in the privacy of her own chamber. Yet tho
was neither diffident
nor lU-tomporad. On tho
sontrary, htr expressionists pleased and pteu-
ing.and bar pretty tmilo was always upon her
^Yftaeled
mind Acd coder
by tali?lying myself beyond a doubt that |ho
pcettned no mind at all. She waa (imply an
cxqula! to and empty MW-t beautiful, mind-
leasraoulkes thing—a creature without tensl-
bilitUs. or oven too capacity of receiving Ira.
premlotie. The cmolkm! of living creatures,
She panive loveliness of inanimate objects, tho
fragrance of flowers, tho charms of music, the
wonderful, over changing Interest of the while
created world palsedbaforehcrjenecoingeyes,
smile forever earring her beautiful mouth.
When I made thu dtecovery X knew that
WielhxTen’s life wss a harden to him. For a
man of his delicate, sensitive, perceptive focal.
Ay and deep, almost t*ad*r appreciation eftke
sner phases ot existence, ike society of a worn in
like this meant perpuual torment. One thing
puzzled me greatly. In spite of his indifference
to hsr personality ho guarded her health as If
the hid boon an idolized child. Ho followed
her about with a Ugbt wrepia case of a draught,
atd having adjusted it carefully, woold leavo
and was relieved by heavy gold elatpt. Tho
moos fell upon her, Intensifying her loveliness,
though I fan clod she looked rather more doll,
cate than usual. Htroyrs, beautiful, dark, Ig
norant, pathetlo as tho eyes of Italian children,
were lixed dreamily upon tho tcono before htr
—her hands, long, white, Idle-looking hands,
lsynponherdrcss. I almost hold my breath in
’ ,and foltai
upon tho
"The band played softly, some where In thi
dhlsuco. Ho one spoke- Than a womsu’i
voice rcso on the air, a low, passionate volci
that sang, with a great sob In ita depths, soon
minor native melody. Tho peace of the nlghl
was broken only by this wailing song. It rose
to throbbing intensity and sank again almost
to silence. It sraa weird, unearthly, atrangeiy
beantlfnl. It thrilled my very soul and wasa
it ceased, suddenly as It had begun, It left mo
trembling. Min Carlyon ahlvored visibly, and
Wectbaven bent lnatantly over hsr, taking
both lor hands in his own and then drawing
her shawl cloaely about hsr. The sllouro
seemed to hold a fatal significance. It grew
unbearable. I loaned forward aud spoke to
Mrs Wcfthxvsn. I said:
"What a beautiful voice and what a boautl
ftrl song.”
She smiled qnletly, and I thought the had
not heard me. I repeated my remark some
what stilly, and aho replied, still aiaiilag :
“I did not notice it.”
Westhaven drew himself op sharply and
MlmCarlyon’a chair, npon which bo had
hgged, rolled forward with a disagreeable
sq&takinc sound. She laughed her little
cutting langh.
•'Tho charm is broken,’’ she said, "lot us go'
in.”
1 bade them good night, feeling nnoomforta-
bly. Wctthaven gave mo his hand, and ws
stood there a moment looking at each other
and I felt a great sympathy for him, for I real
ised his unhappiness.
Little by little my prejudice against Miss
Ctrlyon was allayed, I use this word advised
ly, fur I think it was never quite lulled to rest.
She was wonderfully llko Westhaven. It was
sbiolotely tho same nature, dlffcreutly olothod.
Aud, to do hsr justice. her views wore as wide,,
ere as (tbsral.u far-reaching as
her thoughts were
a man’s, and she had a passionate energy of
reeling and purposo which oecsslonally row up
and struggled In her fsoblo little body and left
her ahahlng. I could scarcely explain bar fool
ing for Westhaven. If It was love It was lovo
of a most nnfeminlno nature. Calm and with-
iinpsttenco nor tho mocking spirit which ruled
her mood with others, and accepted his atior
dovotim to her gcotly and gratefully. It wss
* grist pity ho had not married her, I re
flected.
Miss Carlyon was certainly Improving. Bho
(old no quietly one day that tho Loudon phys
icians had given her but n fow months to live,
‘‘They tiled everythlrg. even electricity," ski
said, laughing. ’They do n"t in tho lout know ,,
what is the matter with aw-,’, kho.-ou lr.ua t
herllttle. ilarpway. "Hu one docs hut my- T d
self,and I will tell you. I r.ni tho N'orvoos
Hxhsnstlonlst of tho society novel who has
drained life aud Intends to dio alter an Im
proved method of her own.”
n diced a marked resimblance botween tho
au! ora.
“Yon And tho heat oppreailvo, do yon not?"
I asked her, aid her reply betrayed an agita
tion and an car&eatnesa of which I had ho-
lie ved her manner Incapable
■ ’O.yis!” aho aald, laving her hand on her
hosrtsslftho suffered there. "Yes, indood.lt
bums the—It burnt mo terribly.’’
Bho teemed to bo desperately ill.
1 saw little of Wottbavon for days after this.
manner to him may not
. could not help a certain
rest mint and I am sure that for awhile ha
avoided mo. This In time wore away and wa
returned our former pleasant relations, thorp
Mrs. Wostbaven steadily drooped, losing
flesh and color, wbloh Mias Carlyon as steadily
talntd. Tho winter was nearly over. West
haven and I had dlsctusal toechsago in hla
wife, but It came so gradually that ho teemed
opt to notice It as Idid. ’One night hs came to
my door.
"Dootor.” ho said, “I with yon would oooo
and seo Mrs. Woathai^n. Sbs is not at all
well.”
I tore hurriedly and went np stairs with him.
Be setmed greatly dlatresscd and quite un
nerved, scarcely aniwerlog the questions f put
to him concerning the nature of tho attack.
I found Miss Carlyon attending beside tho bed
npon which Mrs. westhaven lay, white, limp,
utterly unlike herself She smiled faintly
when I addressed hsr. but I could not ln tuco
her to eprtk to mo. She looked to mo llko a
perron who had reeelvod a sudden and sovare
•heck, I naked Mbs Carbon whore Mrs
Westhaven had parsed the afternoon. Hho re
plied that bar elater hid gone out alouo and
returned juat before dinner, apparently very
much exhausted: aha had beon la this condi
tion ell the evening. Mbs Oariyen’s voice aria
cold and (trained,and her restlesioyes travolod
the room over as the apokt to me.
Westhaven watched her every word anx-.
lonely. I had not believed him capable of such
deep feeling for his unloved wife, f adminis
tered a sleeping draught and'loft tho room,'
followed by Westhaven. I turned to speak to
him. Ho stood before mo llko a deipsrste,
bunted animal,and than Unshod aero si mo a
sudden, horriblo suspicion that he waa In some
' with his wife’s illnoss.
way connected
" * tent’s swill renecturo convinces] mo ox
uillco—her symptoms were not those of
, jn to whom an injurious drug had boon
:ven, and tho remorse I folk colored my man-
Bo I gavo him an opinion which was tho re
sult more of weeks of obserret ion then of my
vlsll that evening to the patient "Frankly, I
will tell yon,’’ I said, "that I think Mrs. West-
haven will ovcntntUy succumb tothosime 111-
:kod hen"
ness which attacked her sister. _ _ .
ago I would havo refuted this theory as nntsn-
ablo In view of her eupernbundant vl
seme warmth, for there wss somsthli
to me In tho way this young girl calmly spoke
of dylnxr. "Yuuaro cot succeed lug In tho least.
You will And that your method will outwit
you and work a result of whleh you have nor-
er dreamed.”
She tuinoi vary pale and looked at mo In a
frightened sort of a way. When she spoke
again It waa nervously, excitedly and of quite a
different topic. Sko seemed relieved, too, whoa
Westhaven came into the room, and left us
immediately.
"I have sumo hooka from the Rut In a box
there on tho table; you moat look them over.’’
bo began,and then wedrificd Into tno eoml-
scientific chatter—I can gira it no mure digni
fied title—In which wo to often Indulged. We
laughed a good deal over the emtio, losano
theories which the late advances in olsotricity
bad sent, like to many electric shucks, over tho
world, and Westhaven drew mo out at souse
length on the aubjact of electrical msgustbm
” ’ o individuals.
I about for his cigar case and wont
ont of tho room to And It After waiting a fow
minutes for Ms return I walked over to tho
table to havo a glance at tho no w books. Thsre
were two boxes upon Is, one nearly ooucaajad
"“fat papers, and ebb one I opened. Bo
layer of paper I found several cods of
insulated wire and portions of a magnotu sloe,
trio buttery. Wostbaven enteral the roue] aud
1 called to him:
"I am in tba wrong box.’’
He uttered a hoarse cry tad sprang toward
is, suddanly checking himself and endeavor
ing to master what sputa red to mo an unto
countable agitation. Hie emotion was too ap
parent for either of us to completely Ignore It
axd I ftlt pompellod to torn away and pretend
to ho cr.groaned In the coutenta of tho other
box on til he could recover hlmnelf. Selecting
goalee I want away Immediately, consld.
ly amazed at my etupid mistake, yet more
>d over tho agitation It bad estusd him.
gear Mri. Weethtven and looked at her.
She was druied In some eort of dead white
gown which dang eoftly to her lOTliy figure
constantly In vogue among electricians was
not In itself so HI cl eat utterly to oonfoeo the
prtssmor. But then Westhaven was a queer
fellow. Be possibly did act wish me to know
that ho experimented; or porhsps ho wax In-
vrntlng something. And I east tho whole affair
eff mi mind with a lmoffb.
The text day neither Mrs. Westhaven nor
Mile Carlyon waa at breakfaet. Miss Carlyon
was not well, Wrethaven said, aud to this I
attributed bis moody alienee and straago, ex
cited manner. Ho did nos appear through '.ho
cay,and, contrary to my custom, I want to bis
roems In the afternoon to Inquire for tho inva
lid. I found tho door open and was oqlsSihg
the parlor when a voice from the Inner room
foil npon my car. Westhaveu was speaking
' irshjy and rapidly:
‘'Cornel It It time! Come! I say:”
A woman’a voice,Mrs. We-.tlmvop’s t fended,
moaned aed protested talotly. Another Im
perative command from Weeumyso. followed
by amuse, then the sound of some heavy body
dragged a little way arrow tho eoom, a door
•but sharply and an waa aril], I inroad and
hurled from tho room, wnecloas that I had
already stayed too kmc, thankful that my
pnui.ee had nos been inspected by the la
nd ea. I went directly to my owa roam to
reed, end I tried to dismiss tha circumstance
from my thoughts. Weethaven's hsroii volte
and the pitiful moan which au wared It bad
impressed me strongly. I was most unwilling
to believe him capable of phjtlesl enmity to
hie wife, yet bow otherwise to explain sites-
fsetoilly the sounds i bid heard?
1 dmeed slowly and west do wa stairs; it wss
rusty dinner time. Miss Carlyon was sitting
en tho vsrsida. Bho looked brightaraud pret
tily then I hod ever scow her. Her Improve
ment was dally aotteeabte, and tonight hot
checks srtre Cashed with e deUcatoead betora-
Ir g cwlor. She was quite uumberrwseed end
lied to talk with me. She said she dept all the
afternoon and her Indisposition of the tann
ing wu simply the reeult of a sleepless night.
Bho had not been present, then. I concluded,
primly, at tho wlfo-leatlng. Fresmtly Mrs.
Wctthaven came outtad Idnodna. Eheaatn A
pale aud ..exhausted. For Its fiat tlat l
INDISTINCT PRINT
Throo mouths
iy as nntsn-
vitality, bnt
... ily murogp-
parent than to her family, to you, that she is
Very much cbrinyod iu health au.l appearance.”
1 uacsiv W- s'havcn -!’■ a h'lhtei.h '>■.
Cry fieri !. Till, hauls moved- reptln^y apmg
tho chair hcfuio'hlm.
' ’Doyen thick my wlfowill die?”
1 scarcely recognized hla voico. I repllod
f '°"Not neceaurily so. A change of ollmtto
has effected much In the easo ofMlss Carlyon:
aho Is certainly a different pOreon from what
she wsa when 1 first taw her. In tact,” I added
reflectively, "MUeOarljon has gained fa al-
must oxact proportion to Mi*. Wosthaven's
lost H
Westhaven started violently. His face grew
livid. He regarded nio with a strange expreo-
elon, one which 1 coaid not fathom. X euutln-
Did quietly:
*'l should glvoMrv. Westhaven no medicines.
If she rocs nut improve you must take her
beck to tho ease, blue Utrlyoo nood not ho
coniiocrci); 1 believohtr Co hs quite restored
to health,”
1 thick no one cvorlmprcsiodmosodiftgreo-
ab.y as Mias Carlyon at thu period. Bho hod
recovered her health In a moat extnordlntry
way, but it seemed to bring her neither bappl
nut nor good temper. It was impocatble co
converse with her npon tho moat trivial topics.
Her capricious temperament wai waarUems
iu tho extrema and her indiffsrerica to her sis
ter uttouy repuleivo, Weetharon wa* obllv-
hue to It. Whatever waa the ftsclnation the
sxtrud over him. he wu quite aubeerrleot to
the (jail. Bho dung persistently to his aide
and ruonopoliaed the time and altentiob which
should have beou given for bumanlty’a uko to
his wife. _ _
I avoultd Wrethaven. He wu a groat dis
appointment to no, and I had entlialy lost re
ap, ct for Mm, though 1 firmly bellaved hit
greetctiiln to bo weakness In tba handaofsn
ur.srsnpulous woman. Ouo day ho oauie to mo
qnlto Inside himself. HiuCatlyoo wu ill-la
the old way—be had believed her entirely re
covered— bo wu in detpair. H!xiri'*,hoeJd,
wu much bettter. I did not know what to
advlv. 1 waa not a practicing physlcUn, and I
had come to tho firm conclusion that I hid
boat not meddle with a complicated and per-
plixing hereditary trouble which promised no
succieafol cure. 1 preferred not to advise at
ell, bnt promised to wa them injtho evening.
Wilthavi.il late mo dejectedly.
1 saw nothing of him through tho day and
toward .1 o’clock in thoaftornoou 1 reproached
my wit for what might seem u> Mm an unpar
donable indifference on my part, aud, on as
impulse, I want directly to hla rooms. Tho
dey wu ltsofferebly hot. Tberq were few
sueite in tho hotel, tho season wu well over
and no nne wu visible in tho oorrldors. There
wu hut a round aavs tho splashing of a fount
ain which played In tba court betew, cooling
the air delWooi'y. I wa)k«d lu ly alung the
gallery, suing upward at the hit of blue sky
above tbs opon court, intensely blue as only a
^suddenly*poured, trsasfixod, Incapable of
:lon.
the faintest aurora; and pacing Into the battery
wu transmitted by means of oonneottng wires
to tho bands of Miss Oeriyow, who, seatol al
most directly beneath tho ventilator, held tho
handles of the battery firmly in her grasp. Bar
head ewethrewabick, her free woe clearly re
flected abovs me, her eyes wore sMuIng, I
breath cams quickly. The silence of dee: h t
Jo the ream; 1 felt tho pain foil excitement .
the scientist pending a dangerousexperlmeat.
■I eould havo shrieked aloud la nervous hor
ror, but I seemed to hero lost the powsr of
articulation. I felt sura Hut this altre othorlo
matter wse vital fluid, the very euenee of life.
It met be convoyed by odio force an gendered
by the immsuunhlo uoworofthe actmlorsy.
Then a foul murder wu boing committed 1
this room by • process of Uooucolvablo torture!
Ac I (food, there, powerless, penetrating t
tbedsptjia the sdaret Intended to be hldfrot
ail tba world, memory pictured each scape of
ihelragcdy which had been enacted before
me, fnm tho one which the curtain had long
•Inca sung dowu on to this lut on* so nearly
at a close.
I recalled the beautlf U, blooming, senutote
wcmau'wbo bad corns In tho early winter to
California, and tbellttle, delicate, dying alitor,
and the disappointed, tortured, unlorlngbus
band. I remembered tho process of change so
subtly, u> delicately treated by which tba eon-,
ditlon of thru two women had been rovorsed.
1 nubrrtd tho feverish anxiety with which
ike man hsd watched and guarded the chan to,
bin mysterious and battling nature, hie surprls-
lag fondniM for my society and tho greed with
Whfob he had drawn from mo and duroured
my theories upon inch vary subjrols. UyUrdl
Bed L indeed, suggested to him the mo.uu by
wMch to work hie hellish purpose? Llko Are
in my blood this thought burns mo at lut to
action
I forced open tho door. Miss Carlyon raised
iroyos, wide, storing, hornbte, and nw me.
1, In her terror.
ho made no sound,
Wostbaven
sway. Bnddsnly h* nt-
Thora ires a quick shad
u red an awrui cry. Thorn waa a quick (had.
dor through the holplcu flguroln theglaas om»:
the little glass tabu ayur the beers glowid
' in tntcuslA ^ -
m fasten
sgttatafl 1
i’s bands, t
is. a awlft,
jtt «l
witn an Intensified crimson light whleh flick-
rnd an Instant, then want ont, A vlotont
“hmkegltatod tho battery beneath Weft
haven't bands, there wu a andden shattering
of glass, a swift, blinding flash of brilllaak In
eat dcaoeat light. When I nnclessd my dtx
Mod ryes Miss Carlyon Uy, f.tco down*:
npon tho floor,. I knew what hsd hi]
be lost vital fnark bad been
too vampire wioKK
death with it. Wis
had been cxhnmtod and
cksd tnn life hul ilnva
ts »t«rc<l ut mo with
tropics.
I su.
further motL— .
I stood before tho door loading Into aa inner
ellUDg-roou. of Woitoavan’a a rooca whteh I
hod entered but once, witch I bolioved bo
uiod fbr a study. Tbs large glui ventilator
above the door wu swung partially open, and
pourelintoit througb tho open window, wu
nfiseted withSt'S&'flteteifod reorodactlon
^n^rthWre^So. through
pbteh tho sun beat hoUy. toy a long, glue
ass, with convex sldos, and within IMsnn-
rovsrtd cue, Bvtd, ghostly, unconscious, toy
Mrs. W*eth*T*n. Hor toco wu drawn by aa
exproulvn of terrible egoay, het/lloSe were
rigid, her hands clenched convulsively, her
beautiful. wMtobraast wu hare. The bfoilng
flmcpEBma'gb
the spectrum directly over her heart. She
wu alwolnuly motionless; I eould not ou
even that she breathe). Just where tho ac
tinic says of Urn spoctetun fell
upon hu soft skin, three mys
terious rays, whore terrible chemical powsr
hu yet to be fathomed, wore placed two flue
glass tabu connecting with a magnate ehctrto
battery by the aids of the care, manipulated
Wretbsvou J
trrrihlo, vacant eyes ITo -ocmo.1 stuouod. I
unlocked the door, spurning the flgnro of the
woman ou the floor with my foot is f pietcJ.
Sbo wu quite desd.
I went down to the office,
' SomatilDf: Is wrong Id Mr. WorlhaTon's
ueeui,” I eetd to tho hotel proprietor, asqulet-
>y as I or old, ’ Yen will uo well to go and sse
ahpatlv” - »A
! ..ot -]f -. Wcstbsvcu I *a-
ri'c elate- In Uls ,n»,. I
npckteu substantially the testimeuy whlc't I
lavo given above, hut dll not state my belief
that Mr. Westhaven bad been lu love with bis
wife's sister. The re wore hosts of wltucs-ur to
testify tothonflW.troaato sollcltmjo which he
had ever rhown for tho health of lutU lslior
their arriTtl lu California. Hu was ac
id, tho Jnry probably holding tho opiuloa
■L I Mr. Wrtthavoa had manly grst.fi hul
lovo ef rcict.tlfiu experiment with the belt In
teBUeuethough.wlUi fatal results.
Silk UilWWgtWgBDBB.
Males*, N. Y„ November 22,-The tool
that a Itatesman who for many years com
manded tba attention of the entireprea# of tho
ci uiilry, and who In the heyday or hie Intel-
Irclnal strength held an office only secend to
the greatest In tho powsr of the Amerlean
public to confer on an honored cltlacn. can toy
for yurs on the bed of an invalid and mean
white dropalmutontiroly out of publlouotlco
■inn almost Incredible.
In a broad, rooaiy house on Maple strut,
in this quiet little northuu town, lies ex-
Vice President WlUtom A. Whcoler. Bis retl-
dcrcels elegant uwell as commodious, Is
laillt of brick, with countless projections
tod plants, and to surrouaded by • laxa- •
riant grove er maple tries. Altogether It to ■
a beautiful place, yet but little btpplnru
reigns therein, for the owner Is new a con-
dimed i>,valid, whom only plearare eon.
•1st* IB oecuionally being driven about the
many shaded drives in the suburbs propped
up lo his carriage and accompanied by some
friend or relative. Ills fact Is pale, wan and
bsegard, and bu that peculiar tallow boo
that betokens tbs victim ef some l sc ret habit
or hidden malady.
It Is now ever two years since the first
I marked change (ns*. Vice 1’reildent Wueeb
•t’e health beiamo apparent- Than the sunk I
cneyra and doll leaden eomplaxlon otnaad
much talk among tho country folk, until tha
sight ef the invalid in his earvlue bseams
such a oemmon one that It causa to ensta
faxl for comment and gossip. From
what can bs toarntd, however, It sums that
for many yeare the ex vice president hubs in
tlie victim of an luldoeet and growing habit
-a habit Item whleh few rxerver or
•re ntciied— alaru who voluntarily rivet
tbclr own chains. whether]
neuralgia. Insomnia or seme palnfal cbroato
ailment, from which temporary surcesu wu
•unght, will duubtlcu never be learned, al
thetgh the rendition hinted at Is that of la-
•tmni». which nrrku life unbearable when
p> rslateut tad Incurable.
Bspnbllean peli'lcans of northern New
York who were wont to eoasolt for advice and
to flat nee hava long does earned their pilgrlm-
S|ta. Far rears hla hand had shaped the
policy and directed tha management ef the
perty In this Mellon of the country. Now
ucne ec poor politically as to do him revar-
sac-; f. nearly robust and strong, he is now*
imestst tnd phyaloal wreck. He hu
I means enenghjto cent atand all aeefisd care, and
dings uuAelonsly Co hla phyalcUn, Dr. Day,
whollvto bnt half a Mock dfotout bom him.
aid wbe to In almost eoaataat aMeodanoe. If
ggggttsgagaijrasaKB
BILL ARP.
THINKS THE BOYS NEED A LITTLE
MORE MUSCLE EDUCATION.
BePrtwsarretirBlature Dlsortpriv. ef thtltttls
jsebeol olrt.* funs and Oos. Bask on Mom.
* orlts* Vries Over e Xoucotr ot Tatrtr
Tear.- Sleeases Bamlnatfons.
es not attend aud a-eU’. me sufl etcr Ur pm-
mbfffnee or Sup, by meant, no dmut, of
tbtl bane to wbiob - aa many tboasaads are ready
Mvomlnq or] cttlsro-nuiua!
bbar. Tna personal aseenps-
King correspond! with thit of
died tevent pstuss daring
tsatomn. Tha totter Is dated
by Westhaven.
Hla face I conld not sew, l
body of Ms wife; his whole —
ESSSi
It wu bant ever tba
attltula breathed
Ci.tn rj.lojc* Uesni Ifrwin.
Moncnix. Me., Novumbar S>!.—The Head-
lijSI received fodiy a characteristic latter
from tha sllrg-d Jim Commlaga, the note-
ricus tsice. robber. Tna personal_darnripl^
Ion and handwriting
a man who awli
the fair her* iw t—__
Ornahs, aid wai mailed at Coqaell Bluffs
Cur-mlr** axys he to having a gnod time aud
cull bat meat of tba atolan axprsu moaey.
Made Insane by a Joke.
Chicago, November 25.—John P, Boyd, of
Ko too Washington bool-ward, wu found teases
kere jtnerdsy. rim causa of bis denagamaat Is
•aid lob* a fright which ha roewtrsd shoot three
weeks ago. at the Bands of soma Bremsn. who
■•held Mrjnp” under puteouotiebbesv Jut dm
form Ford is a thla, nsrroot man, tweatf tvs
yearn aid, a roe firmed invalid,wad fiu turn sue
potted hr bis riicrfoTttohUWa, He was tent lo
tot Ksbkaket s«lu*i
It Is the same old story. For nsarly thirty
years, I hive been helping too children get
thtir lemons at night, to that they would fool
.encouraged, and not give up In dupair, A
child who gets no help at horn# hu a hard
I time and u does the teacher. Seme pusnte
think that u they pay the toechor to teach, I
they are relieved from all trouble, and ee if the
child stands foot, most of too time, they lay
a'l the Memo on the teacher, I knew a good
lady who got eo worried with helping her
child with her lesaene that the wrote a note
to the toschor, pad told her that she wanted
to ewep wor k a while. Bbe wanted toe leech.
erto tesch her ehild thelestoni,andiho would
hint her recite them et home. My experi
ence to thet It takes both teacher and parents;
to make a seed scholar. Wean most through
with this business at our heuu, hot when our
little girl comes homo Friday evening, to stay
until Monday, and bring! an irmful ef booka
with her, I buckle down to her LtUn/and her
arithmetic, and help her, ao that aba osnapend
In happy Saturday. Bhebad seventeen sums
to do laet night end they bothered me right
rtusit for they were there tsogtod np things
abonl if six mon can dig a ditch 100 roda
lu a m ten data, how many men oan dig ono
la thousand roda long in 11 days. It takes mo
[rime time to get the hang of tuiee things,
bat I get It after scratching my head awMIo.
Tho little girl Is patlont, tnd laarnt cully,
but Carl k like all the other beys. Ho fnls
aid pets Ured, and throws ue hit tpengu
lonetimii oliI says "oh shucks, I Just can’s
do Ihtueums, to ear# my life.” Bet after
awhile he laUlee tnd trice it again.
] am pretty dull en Latin and all I do mir,
Is to keep our little girl company and got thu
lirson with her. I.tiscJ to read latin, nn-1 my
firsqbook nxatho oM lIlstorlaSacru,and lharo
nest ruveronco for It yet. In fact, wo old
lio.0 folks havo roverenco fur all thoie old
text books, ovcu to Wobetcr'u, spoiling hook,
ban L'Mi'it'ipn. .1 Mini uu,1 tahml, I
it’ll remember my exultatlou wbon I pined
tho inile stones euo by duo aud utastorod the
long words and tho hard words. Thoro wai
Dioro attention paid to spoiling then thin
there Is uow. Why ono of uty grand uhlldron
who Is a mueldan aud la away up iu arlth Jte-
tic end urography, wrote us »lottor the other
day tpd asTd-bo-Wu learoteg to play on too
'. »i tr.li,” Jli> oirtge thKMifte.V;. J
. ekua. TJ .. Wry ptUusos iu H
bsrk r; Oiler fc, f wlasslU to IU) nil,.,,
poor Cog Tiay Who got tutu bvl com;
thomlik ru.ld whore vein fan. I, -. co iSoJTicr
to spill her milk, nzu! tho lawy. r's bull who
gored tho former's ox. r.nd tho rudo buy who
wss up Jn it treo stealing ■ I
su linpiwtvomori.1 to all t
e t more thin his share, I reckon; buttoera
atound silver dollar left for everyday’#
work that a young tuan will do. The chuxcea
for a young man to make a fortune, honestly,
are very slim | bnt ho can msko a 1,Tine-
There Mg speculations aro running (Er
young men crazy I Why, it makes my
old head swim to read about there big
railroad schemes and changes, and tea
bow a few men msko millions by a scoop-
scoop Is tho word now. The money kings
•coop np a railroad that rs worth ton millions
Piomo took on wish amaument and fool holp-
less, surely they would scoop our little natch
of land and toon make ut tcool. I weader if
eur wives and children are ufo from their all
devaluing greed. Nearly every ralUotdln
Georgia Is now owned in New York. If I wu
the legislature I would stop this thlog. We
had railroads onoo that Mongol to oar people
hut wo haven’t now. I am glad that Atlanta
hu waked np,for If Atlanta can’t hedge agslset
ifngThen.notody can. A syndicate
the money r
can make a town or dostroy it at thalr plena
ute. Here are the cotton buyers of Carters-
sill* shipping thtir cotton to Cudartown. se
that they can get through rates bsck to Now
lorkaml our rallrord commission ishulpleui.
But they need not be hslploaa for thry can ro-
psal ovary charter that violates our Iiwsand
II to a violation when toff ooabluo with roads
outsldo of the state to opureis our people. Am
Governor Gordon said in hla Inaugural the
sovrelgnty of tba statu must be preserved ah
all buzzards. Wo waut railroads—lotsof them
—hut it looks like that wbon we start to build
one, lk to scooped before Ik to half done. That
to all right If they will koto folr, bnt corpora-’
tlona hava no cools, and they htvo to bo
wttabod. Tholr power la now gigantic—It ts
fearful. I wu asrured while In North Caro
lina that one corporation owned tost good old
Its legtatoture."
. D» they control
n
pictures, hut
still I can't uy they kopt toe girls from want
ing fine clothes, or kept rude boys from stoal-
lti| spi ke. But ire have better methods now
1 Stew,and I gm pled of Ik We oil folk,
appreciate toe Improvements more than our
eb Mini do, for thry doc's knew how we had
to struggle togetanedueatlen. Why,when we
•anted a pen su write with are had to run the
eldgandsrdewntogetaqelll. It wai a great
day for tha grew whtn steal pens were 1 avont
ed and gander pullings were sb dished. They
oegbl to build a monument ef feathers to
Joseph Glllolt. There are now methods and
new machinery now, bnt thou eld hooks aud
Un ited diet! Itlcs made some good soho'uut In
their day. Thereto more In ton boy or girl
then In toe kind of books. Some things I
h now car’s be changed, for three ttmoe oil are
•still eighteen, and always will bs f reckon.
Etc cation Is now In reach of eve—
will be t reckon,
everybody. That
I wish that sro
Ir. cdnoatlen in books, and
were pacing u much attention to education in
monte and humanity. The nattor '
boom about dsveloplng the mind,
nsiupTi
net advanced one s
In mortis in ha)
tnry. In fact, It looks like the mere edaMtlon
tho lets morality. I wonder if there Is no way
to curry bulk (long together. The statistic!
shew tost crime hu mare than doubled In
MtaaachuutU In the tost too years. In lddO
thsre wen twenty thousand committals
m in that highly red usd and oultlvated
... of ail the convicts sent to their state
pi Ison, more than half srsre bom on her sell,
and mere than half ware under twenty five
years of age, and meet ef Chain had reooivtd a
good education. It to tho was in New York.
Ont of 2.30b convicts la one prison, 1.1)00 had,
received education In oolisgee, er aeedemlu,
or public schools. It to a feet tost among the
white* where there to the lout
education there Is tha toast crime, Tho
ratio at the son to Is far lau then at toe north.
How long can we keep It ao if our peiple do
netssake up to tha Impurtanoa of training the
children In morality, l’ablic opinion to foro-
lug the parents to cJncxto their children. Why
cannot public opinion demand that parents
(ball control their children and restrain them
from idtoneu and vlrieuanasi. la every
community there are a lot ef bad bays
S owing up, and everybody knows them to
had, aud all predict they will sooner
nr later Ming aemebody to grief and oosae to '
litaf thtmwlvsa, bat nobody dou anything .
or they don’t know what to do. Orrebtd
mall clous hoy will ruin half a doxrn that are
net to bad, That bey should be taken charge of
si d placed |n * kotros ef oorreetloo. When the
parents gw* up ocatrol the state should take it.,
Tbs chief Justice sf the supreme court of,
Illinois, sayt: "it cannot be denied that as a
people we are rrnJugelDg rapid deterioration,
enr social,political and commercial morals are i
r< The stattotlre’show that nlnoty per refit of
all toe bo raterloe and robberies oommUM la
N>w York city, arebyyouogmcnuoder Ivor
ty-fivs years of age. Beat
oar es
dftrfBL „ .
reus, soys: “It to osrtalp that edqcatl
of toe Intellect will not stop the growth
cgln'o bat will rather lira It Increased bower.
Well now whet is tne remedy—cant wa mix
Up tone work with all this fine education? A
Inks tost a little
. he' ts mistaken
should work mii At
home. Work Is the^ tblng-mlay seme bat work
more. Tba eld fashioned boys had to work.
When they came heme from eebool they had
to c’oee nood and feed tha
stock, and if they gat Silardey evening for
frolic they were doing pretty well. Bat sehaol
boys don’t do any thlog now bat study, tnd
Bf/t to overly much of that. Hew many young
'men in eer towns and cities ire making a pis
carious living-living eff of somebody site?
and they say they can’t get ar.y work fade,
&;S58sss? maESsra
E — endihoql, tad talk abeutJty
all too Boa«y’ Wail, he hoi
slate aud oont;
upcu such nu nrftnifliHon I
onrt? Will they control It? Let'ua walt
and boa
Bat lot ue not barrow troublear have gloomy
"* I thodsytotoe
goto sleep In
■■APBBii ^ go along. Onr
pccplo are not yotdosporatcly bod—I mom our
southern rcip'p. Wo lisvo i.ouly a million
whites in Georgia and ouly 118 whito ornviots,
w borons In Musa:huictts nnd Now York Chore
are thlrbco hundred white convicts to a mil
lion of pcoplo. Just think of that and toko
comfort. Now lot us keep our boys good If we
can, If wo guard tho boys well wo will lizvo
no troublo with tho men. As f ir tho girls, we
havo no tioublo uow. There Is butono whito
foujelo la our pouitoullary. I rcckou it must
ho ns Ilf. Woodrow soys, tb.,t nun ovoiuted
from tbe eiriuals, but woman remc diroo'Jy
from tho hand of tho Creator. Bun. Aat*.
ni, Motli.r ' _ _
gliedoo
Nrcw Yobk, NoveuthrF't.’fT, —Dr. .Tsoies IT.
Bai'y.) y, e» usumlssjortor ou lunacy, sud the
choriff’wjury hrsrf* t-s’fniuny fc’iv in the
application of Charily Wiggins, an bo yotr old
nlortd uormu, who Is tho muriicr of ' illiui
Tom,” tho colrl.ritcd noggepUnlet, to havo
Jcretn adjudgnl liuuiuo nml Inompotont to
csroforliiuitclf. Blind Tom It uow Iu Vir
ginia, under tho care of General.Timm N,
iicllinne, who owuod tho Wiggles fomlly while
In slavery, anil has had charge of ililud Turn
f»r twenty ynnis.
Mrs. wlgslrs It suing Bithuno for an ts-
counting of lu '
tonnsya ho has roedrod -luring
tno last twcuty thrro yours through oc'riblt-
Ing Blind Tom In thll eruntry and l i llurupo.
Mil. Charity Wiggins, In hor teatlruuuy, arid
aho bad twenty chlldreu, of whom olgbt are
.. . .. ... atgw
dead. Fonr did before the war. T.ix
bom May 2fo 1M0, In Georgia. He wai boro
In etovety. Mr, and Mra. Wigglai wore both
a'avee. Ail toe children wen bora In slavery.
Mavra could net legally contract mirrlsgs,
but Tom's pareata wore marrlod. Tom loft
Gorgla directly after emancipation. Hnosald
Tom aid not have the knowledge that the
other children had, and hen not to this day,
“ He neror could drees
' e led around. Ho
war, and wltnoaa
boy wtslr going to cbool thinks to
study la work enough, but he (a
-whop acheol is oat ha should weil
Ho waa born blind.
hlmrclf, and ulways had to bo
knew nothing about tho War, Dim iriium
'thought hoknewnothlrgnbo'ilaltvory. Whoa
be wu two yean old, If he heard a dog hark or
a rooster crow, be would Imitate It.
If he heard a bird sing he weoid go for tbe
noire. He bad to bo watchod of nights. The
fsmlly srere astonished by hla first trial of
tbe ptano. While sitting at a tahto
the piano was heard. Tho foully ran lute the
term and fonnd him playing. After that
Whenever ho heard the girls play, ha would
play aa they did. Tom conld play anything.
John U. Bctltuno took Tom svsry day to have
him Unght He waa then a little over two
yean old. When Tom wu lorcn yeers old
he was carried sway. Whon away
money wu glvsn him and ho would throw ft
awey. The witness and her family left Geor-
sto in March, 1888, Tho witness aail sho be
longed to old General John llolhunc. When
the witness saw him lest Tom know no mere
tkan when ho left her as a child. Gonoral
ltethunb WSA to have charge of him until he
waa Strand then bring Mm home, bnt he norer
cid. Tho witness conld not road or write.
Test waa htr only rapport.
l’rofuaor Jorcph Pesnauckl, who taught
mntlo to Tom, raid that he wu an extraordi
nary person, hut of unround mind. Hu wai
rational ever on polnta of mutlo and eatlnr,
and he ate with his hand, Ue bad a prudl-
gicua memory, The profoesor nrroto bti
ecmposiUoni while Tom playtd, Tom wss
uoreee and disliked society, lit alto played
on tbe Ante.
Joseph Enbtnk, treararcr of the Blind Tom
rompsny, seas with him for twclro years,
commencing In t8H3. Tom did not knew hla
own needs. He was* powerful man. lie was
offended with the preforaor of- nraslo and be
gan to rub Ms bands Together. Tom knocked
the professor off the Itou!, and threw the wltr
nest cut ef the room. At Ht. Louis tho zussm
oomptaiced bccauaoTom played uutli Ute at
SUM!' The witness wai told to atop him.
The Witzesa wont Into tho roam si. 1 found
Tom playing col tented ly in the dark. Ue
tuitodarooml and threw the wltnca oat of
the room. The ’ company took Id
es average of $7,000 per month
clear prMI. He i»'ll-.rod the profit
waa ITS.eoo prr year. Tom never received •
coot frtiu the company.
The judge, in charging the Jnry, Mi l that
the ease 1 was an nnusual one. Thera
wasswosdarful snd remarkahle memory,
and musical ability which very few pnaeas.
Tht question to decide was If, fnthsabMwa
of all power or ability to provide for himself
and tike cere of Ms prowrty, yet pMfCWWg
musical powsr, whether thet was sufficient to
* 1 XbAve!dtetof , to?i*ry was that Blind Tom
wu m sb tally unsoasd, and lucapxble of men-
■zing his own t flairs.
Hxw Yoek, Noremher *7.—Old Charity
Wiftlnf, sun her of the wonderful p!»nUt, “Bllul
Tom,” wtolbdheri (Tilery yes’erday dttcrmlaad
was net comucUnt to protect bli property or tabs
care of hlnrolf, appeared tn tho supreme court to
day. and tLrough ootmief. presented the fiodtogt
ofthtshsrtfl'sJury to lhcc»u:t ar.d a-Xcd itutihe
be api-o'.r.ted guardian of her pen’s ictsun Thfi
dethteuwM wteatds