Exeter Advocate, 1903-7-30, Page 2About the
.ota-aegrasaszarao-te-maegva
9 Goa -wane!' he said, "thet X love your
e—en en:Olga-ter, ami Viet I shall eOnle heck
to claim bete"
Eibereds fece expressed a
mixture of emotions- "Yee are
stronger to un." she said. bavghtily,
"You bare taltert aunwarrenteble
liberty,
We retreated, abanhed, eindle Zoe's
lovely eyes Oiled with Oespairing
as ot breek, t (ley At Valencia, t tears, b t
as we passeo wougbo the
1 9f Veeeeuelen cities." saner ' :Ooeheato -
the belle of the cothed-i n rITAIS:' "I
14 Tent wer4ULn Pe'QPIE episede ended, end, when an
d
imperative enZareanto him. to re -
''11 -6 leanwl ant or the gasKzleast a tArll arrived lete that night. he
emend of clottering beliefs, moue:tug irode away es IMCQugerzlea as .though
Vielps And swearing veices nar.,,de ewe .45102,1 neat,o, bete been an then,
crane my neck to leen me elle road. mezzo, pretty and pleasant while it
While the barber etoe.pen and stared. mono bee of no real consequence to
too. Two ridere. anentincl4ng at a Abe draela of bis
gation. were driving before them al My own work in loreeezuceo came
beennagonieden mule. winte Snre ' to a conclusion slaortly afterward, and
taloonting the haggnee lent the =nue^ I Jna4 to leave without seeing Zoe, for
neer. strapped to the topmeee trun1'. iher mother guarded ber more rigid -
"Good lionnexesi" toed. gining ly than ever, and it. was generally
Way to mirth; "it's Homilton." that Mule Ribero bad given her
Eta toa rota, to ray sereane the Choice of marrying one
'Jof ber
uan. %the= 1 had net eown. relected suitors or going at
dismounte4. eaying t9 own eere gOnrn 44ta tl"Q convent^
-eget: oveeeb that anew enee the Teve ond bait years later I was
etrow tore and let Mee steep it off. lbodk bn'^vevev* in enrnenn QU
etht. thathther bad tea numb detistetee,e, owing to a recent
reshineote on the wage" ne widen i,rehellion, end I took the earliest op-
kieg up et mo"no we heel to Ponu
rtitY of going to Valeecin end
hie Writ fee hire. Yeti 141144 140.....aquP the Ritieren-
me up. Fieetiane. eon% ride tha insignidenn
iu
toonorrow.
Wit time I wee henteeino down
ome nine end order breanfeeet
oth.
I'd you were OA the vervieee
eshall come beck nix' Zoe. So the
eleter. wboee eole duty in life hen
been that ot detioua Ao Zoe.
Married. I found. and it wo
who 4'0i:tire4 etin when X called
Liee Augelee. apologizing tor
motlier'a abeetece Oa the novo
of the man who, enterinn, eaught her
with passionate eagerness. ,
.**1 hove come back for you, Zoo"
he said, teiumpliantly.
*
"nly deer old stick-inethe-neud," he
aid. "you doeen suppose I should
go and get potted by thosinheggers
wheo X was counting the days until
my leave to get beck to her. They
sniped me unC14,-,A mere fiesle wound
otir friend, the count glade the
most of it"
"You got heel; in the 'very inelt el
time." 1 observed. "Yon are a
lucky Heramyt"
"I am the ineideSt 31nall in the
world to get her." he asseated; “but
it was touted to be, you know. X
said I would eemee back and elle
said she smelt), welt. The tbieg was
settled."
leiDGING HUMAN CHARACTER-
Olever Irishmnst Says It Ia Very
Dinheult to Do.
Mr. T. 1'. O'Connor, who, as
ry gimlet man or the world, bas
in and wet Of Par/lament, rore
unity of meeting all elosees
d conditions of Den, makes some
ry wise reflections in T. 1s Week-
- upon the 414colty ef knowing
eeeple well -enough: to be jnstilae4 in
ssing jutigiiient open thelin It is
eort of liounly on the test, "Judge
not tbat ye be Pet judged."
Ile Warne us against forming a
coneeption of elotracter from recorde
Motet.% by people of thouselvea and
emotione, as well ae frena re -
refs leit by other people. "la
spit ho says, "of every preemitioe.
w� all judge others tlwoup the
peetoeles of our own beings. By
thee). die not mean simply tbat we
bave le tee people through our pre-
judices. our prepoeseseiorthe I mean
that ma' own individuality is a re-
fracting Alediuni even though wo be
eee:sheiorany free from preetidice or
'Take two peopleo-both honest,
both intelligent. both Oroadoninded.
they will give opposite eetimotee of
the
se hadiVidttei. It may be that
ore% of Item bas f,ttn thut
al in one moote; enother has nen Mire
amotter; or it may be that the
ature of the one person is so diger-
t from tent of tbe otlaer that it ie
e itupoefible for them over to
anything or embody from
THE SAME PDXNT OF WSW,
r agent, tbere is the subtle power
AUFJOeiatiell, of moult:ion or at-
raction, of action and counter -ac -
"on, between one character and an-
that- manes the same person
resent dinereot faces to different
eIlePt; long experience in public e-
tre. notwithstanding his entleaveth
keep his mind cool and unpre-
ucliced, he confesses to have fallen
nto profound aroma of judgment
And complete tronsformotion of opine
ion. He continues:
"I bane thought the senee man in
the course ur a few years 0, scoun-
drel and a hero, or perhaps, to be
more accurate, a. hero first and a
undrel afterward and in the end
I bave come to regard him as net -
titer the one nor the other. The
Man, of course, had remained usual-
ly the same, the -difference was iu
me, not in him1 looked at him
through the mists of eircamstneces.
which again, produced the mists of
prejudice."
Ile concludes, after giving striking
examples of such error, "that the
judgment of human character is One
of the roost difilcult things In human
thought; that titer° is a good deal
too mucle sell-confldence displayed by
most people when. they come to deal
with it, and that the wisest course
is to suspend judgment until you
have heard numberless witnesses on
all sides of the question."
li
4. tot 1 newer exPtAtcd toe'n, sposition. Iler weltiosue was
.7
-0 tere. Valtat'a Your rnnte - ry limitedand almost her first '
words were: "How eery sad your
trope telex:We death was! You will
be Able to sire lla the details." 1ei
asked her if elle WAS &peening of
Revell Hamilton, of who the last
news I bad was his departure to
went?
"Inifth Hoefteree." he enewered,
"Prei oo learf, eed mybreneer
Georgie'. Yon hnow.5 orieul at lee
eGue.yree tee I come to havee. look at
, him here. Deuced lucky lindoig yotil
eIt'liat ego all the belle making etwie ilndio a year ejnce with his rev,
o. clatter fore" 1 meat. "But you hone *Wein.
X explained that it was the neeteoh.Carenn ehe excleimedelle was
Of 4 saint and *bat oresently vetejlereeneet see memos ago at a voles
=et go .out awl -watch tbe .preces-pnoatch, lilonsieur 4e In Feste told
@ford°tO ehhtnh. "Thew, aro SeMo tiS so; tee Woe treeveling in ito ot
pretto giele ta Ineleneia. aenered ethe time."
"oret they will all be going to, 1 wee .elateneel,
reanted"chareh parole' in Ilyele Pork. nolo eisteeen nt
fen% it. The. setzoritae Wear their
tat ond leek their beet. 'You will
lose your heart. Hamilton. There
15 metIting to neet o Vezezueleto
I took lenta .out preeently lip the.
Greed Maze. wherea uoisy pre:mete,'
went e
clans to believe In his deaf( h:
thiol; leer =tad Is not very re
able ten that eubject. I hope
She beone off. 1 reed the neetion
troubled face.
ber cordiel reception me in
"1 Was AOXIOUS to sec
6241:aCCOMponied by nmeic and let- went on. "I promised to feel: yoo
ting off of holy Giltlitt.`3, W41.9 Aliag to- to eall tomorrow. The :act is. my
ward the cothedral. Mother cnd 1 are uneasy about her.
Following it were little tinots of You um an old friend. lin Edistinhee
Venezuelau laellee, and. as we peneed and I feel I eau confide in one
tnem end waitea just outside thenelenteleler de la Feste has long , -
big door to 1.-ee them enter 1 %mid 'eat to marry Zoe, and we had
to Hamilton: "Have emu any fautt waded her at last to consent
to find, yoo captious critic?" ceive _him to -morrow and ewe
I loaned to see what impreselon definite answer. Your coining
the vision was ranting on Hamilton, ed providential. We may cowl
andwas struck by the intensity of you not to"—she nesitatede—"not
Ma fixed regent, though I felt no encourage any sentimental recence-
euxprise when I followed his gaze 'Lions %about Mr. Hamilton?"
caul *my that it meted on Zoe 1 made v. polnt of getting 'etre-
Mora, deiced to tbe Count de la Feste that
Just as she passed In, elm g2aneed eironing and asking him about Rev -
round, lookett hurriedly toward her dll Hamilton.
alder sister. Mercedes. who was "Abe yes; sad affair that!" he
walking with her, and finally drop- said. light-heartenly. "Ills pony
peel ber bandkerclnee vanisbing into circled back aud broke his neck. It
the cethedrol beforn Hamilton bad was at Poona."
'time to plek It up aud preeent it t .1 thought tbe Fiftb Hussars were
bor. Be !nipped It up his soat at Abbotabad," I re:oar/tad.
sleeve and rejoined me with o, look The count reflected. "The deuce,
of elated triumph en his face. they werel" he answered. "1 bave
"Come home," he *aid; "I don't been mixing ,young Hamilton up
wont to see any more. You know With Eawtrey, of the Ninth Lancers.
that girl, Eastlake?" Hamilton Was shot—that was it.
"Certainly. She is not only the One of those frontier skirmisbes, lie
best looking, but the cleverest girl was foolhardy, poor chap; rode down
e:in the plate, and she inherits a nto the midst of a. lot of Pathans,
small fortune from her father, who ,and they picked him oft"
is dead. 1 um going to a party at I could get nothing more out of
Mrate Itibera's to -night," him, and X could See he was elated
"Then 1 go, too, and you introduceat the prospect. of his interview with
Zoe.
When I walked up to her with There was no ono in the drawing
Hamilton and asked permiesion to room -when I presented myself at
present him, I was amazed at the "Los Angeles" at. 3 the next day.
transformation. The color that1Presently Zoe glided in alone, and
flashed into ber cheeks was like the 1 was startled not only by her beau-
., pink that tiriges the inward eurve ty, but at the change in her. She
of s seashell, and she lifted her looked as though she belonged to
drooping eyelids and looked him another world. The brilliance of her
straight in the face, eyes and the gleam of her sunny hair
Xf she had looked at, me like that were tbe only touches of color about
—but that Would have been another her, for her face was like alabaster,
story. and even the scarlet of her lips bad
Once only that evening, when I had faded. She was all in black, and in
engeged Mercedes in earnest opn- the billows of lace on her breast I
versation and so covered a whispered noticed the little lace hahdkerchief—
colloquy between the two, they how it brought back Ilarnilton to
talked for each other and not for men -tucked in. The touch of her
the whole room. hand was feverish, and I ventured to
You went to church this morn- retain it in mine while 1 answered
frig?" she Said, interrogatively. "It her greeting,
was tho feast of my sister's patron “Your friend," she said, "is it
saint, and we were there." true that he was killed at polo?"
know," he said in a low tone. I told her that this seemed to have
"I saw you enter, and longed to been a intake; be had died a sold -
enter, too, but 1 felt AnworthyMy lees death defending our borders in
only consolation was this—which India.
dropped from Paradise for my bene- When did you last hear from
fit." him?" she asked.
Ile evidently showed her the edge We did not correspond," I an -
of the, handkerchief, for she mur- sWered her. "Revell was neer a
inured, You picked it up, May I geed hand at writing letters; it
ba.ve it back?" was not Inc way."
May 1 keep it until to -morrow?" She was looking out of the win -
he pleadeddow, her mind and thoughts tar
beard her say i"}iushl" softly, from me, I could see, and her list -
as Mane. Ribera crossed the room less hand still resting passively in
and separated then. mine. s
I was at my witsend how to -He was true," she murmured to
contrive a meeting, as she was herself; *the would never have broke
locked in a convent; and as 110 en his word, 'X shall come back for
-scheme , presented itself, at last Zoe,' he said
adopted the temple plan of calling on "We must 'all break our word
Madame Ribero, taking Hemilton when Death steps in I said, quiet --
with nee. ly, "No doubt he meant to come.
We were shown into the drawing But he would have wisleed you to
room, where Zoe and a little sister be happy and to forget lmn 1 nni
of ten were at work, and] made the sure."
most of the next few memento for "It is impossible," she said.
Revell Hamilton. . "SurelyI urged, you could
"I have to go," he zaid, hurried- Iliad some happiness in making some
ly, to England; but will come one else happy. There are many
back, Zoe, as soon as possible." who love you This M. de la. Pest.
There was silence for a minute, and —" She interrupted me dreamily:
then she answered softly: "I will "He is coming to clay for Inc an -
w aft. I ' sur ; 'wri11 be ,` No
Then Madame Ribera, came in, and There was a sound of approaching
Felipe, running from me to meet footsteps and a stir down below in
her—the little minxl—said: ''Oh the courtyard., Zoe snatched her
mother, this caballero has been talk- hand from me and put it to her
Mg such ;..,sensense to me, and the heart; a wild light sprang into her
other one has been kissing Zoe's eyes—she looked distraught. I levee
hand!" ed that her dread of the coent had
We were tit:andel-struck. unhinged her Mind.
tibat does this mean?" demanded Then she-, ran to the door, and, as
Ltme Eborn. Hamilton bowed. "It it lapelled, fell fainting into the arms
WAS AN UNCANITY sin:ern
First Iron. Vessel Was Regarded
With Some Suspicion.
Iron vessels are no longer curiosi-
ties. 'The first that ever was, how-
ever, was the cause of great amaze-
ment. The vessel with this unique
distinction was the Richard Cobden.
This craft was built of Coalbrook-
dale iron, and was launched in 184,4.
She was a bark -of 461 tons, and
had a speed of ten knots per hour.
She wan constructed of iron through-
out, including the rudder, rudder
frame and steering gear. In 1844-
45 she set sail for China, but was
laid up il.ViCC for repairs at Cork
and Rio de Janeiro respectively dur-
ing the passage.
She aroused considerable attention
at the various ports at which she
called, as she was the first iron ves-
sel ever seen. and was regarded
somewhat suspiciously by the super-
stitious, to whom the idea. of mak-
ing iron float was considered as fly-
ing in the face of Providence.
Her second voyage was to Bombay
via the Cape of Good Hope and
back. She covered the round trip
in some seven months, which was
considered a remarkable perform-
ance. She made another journey to
Bombay, whieh she reached in 94
days.
4.
HEALTH AND DISEASE.
Compulsory vaccination is bcing
enforeed in the Philippines.
In times of typhoid fever sterilize
drinking water by boiling it. Pas-
teurize milk and cream. Keep _flies
from food selp.plies. Thoroughly
wash in boile;d wetter all fruit and
vegetables to lee eaten row.
Dr. Viguie.r de 3/faillatee of Prance
tricd to cultivate the bacillus of
cansuanption in the serftnn of fowl's
blood, and failed. Hie is now ex-
porimenting, with entoureaging re-.
salts, in the use of chiciken melon as
an antitotxin for consumption:
Insuranee companies insist that
are much more danger-
ous risks in the matter of tube/mid-
osis if they ere twenty poUnds un-
der the norMal weight than if they
are the descentlants,.of faMilies witfh
tuberculosis ori both sides of the
house, when not intimately EISOC,iat-
eld with those who are actually er,ae.
feaing from tnberculosis-
BMWS= RECTI'Es,
Gooseberey Oetsupt—Itoll tne ripe
fruit with a. little water mita soft.
Put 0 -levee), a colander, weigh, and
to every live pounds of pulp allow
three' pounds of grauelated sugar,
half a pint of the best cider vinegar,
a tablespoonful each of groom) map
.nnd cinnamon and 4, IOWA tettSPOOrk-
fUi of salt, Boil An4 stir till as
thick as tomato catsup, Simi Dott-
ing hot. Tbie is a very excinient
eetsup, better liked ki aur hotn
than any other we know.
G oneeberry Marmalade.—Topented-
tail the berries, Allow tbree-querters
of a pow/ et granulated sugar to 4
pennd Of fruit; put together in lay-
ers end set on the bael; of the stove
to heat up very slowly. As the leer,
ries soften and the juice starts, mesh
e berries to free the juice and cook
gently till thick. it muse be opened
until the einem are tender, Seal line
enwrant Jelly, — Select currente
that are not over -ripe for jelly.
Stem, put In a preeerving kettle and
heat eery slowly till the juice starts.
When the fruit is well coned tliril
in a, jelly hog and let drip Over
night, Carefully turn 911 the Wee
in the morning, leaving any eedie
remit. Boil till no more SCUM rise,
vemoving it carefully as it comes up.
When the juice is put on to boll set
the sugar—a generous three-fourths
of a pound to a pint of PACO -All tile
Vett to heat. rut thu two together,
stir till the sugar le dissolved, let
boll one minute and put into gloss-.
es. , Goed.
Frizzled Been—Cove' cinema, ar
thinly sliced, beef with boiling wa-
ter and let stand eve minutes, Wahl
as day as possible, put in butter
enough to frizzle the beef WO tile
exception, and wben it as hot put
In the been when curled or Aliened,
Serve without letting it cook lower
At%4 become born,
'Banana Den:ern-1i0u cut; a rieh ,
paste luto a large square. making '
the paste as thin as for pies. Trial
to make all the edges even; then. be-
gnmiug at one comer. spread with
sliced bananas. Sprinkle with sugar
and fold over, making a Wangle.
Rub over tbe top with the plielatly
beaten what% of an egg and springle
with granulated sugar. Prees the
edges together with a Imile aud.
bake. Take from tbe bolting tin
with a broad bladed Wei and serve
with a liquid oaten:.
Sauce for Hamm Deesert.—Sint-
mer the yellow rind Of 4 lemon in e,
cup of water for ten minutes. Take
out the rind and add the juice of
the lemon and one and one -bolt cups
at sugar. Boil for live minutes, then
stir in the beaten yolks of two ego
Stir until smooth. then beat with an
egg beater for two or three minutes
to make it foamy and light.
Ginger Squaresenereant one-half
cup of butter, add one cup of sugar,
two beaten eggs, two cups of flour in
'WhiCil three level teaspoons of baking
powder have been sifted and one and
one-half teaspoons of yellow ginger.
Chill for several hours in the lee -
chest, then roll out in a. sheet. Cut
In threedneh squares antl bake. A
erossed rolled multes the square look
natter, and, lacking thin they may
be marked criss-cross with a knife
blade.
Potato Ilissoles.—Prepare two
cups of mashed potetto, add one egg
and season well with salt and pep-
per. Divide into balls or cakes and
press each out rather thin on a
floured board. Place a spoonful of
minced and highly seasoned raeat on
one-half of each eake, fold the ether
over and press together. 'took the
rissoles brown on both sides in a lit-
tle butter, 'turning them over with a
broad -bladed knife. -
Cream of Chicken,Cook a plump
fowl in water with salt, a few pep-
percorns, a, slice of onion, aed
small bay teal. lese only the white
Meat for this soup. Cook a round-
ing tablespoon of butter and four
level tablespoons of flour together;
add one-half level teaspoon of salt,
aespeek of cayenne and e six cops of
chicken stock. When this bas cook-
ed smooth add one cun of cbicken
minced or ground fine. Boil ep
once and add one cup of whipped
cream. If this is to be served at a.
green and white luncheon or dinner
drop a few green peas and celery tips
into the tureen as a garnish.
White Corn Meal Muinns.—Beat two
eggs, ad 9 one-quarter cup of sugar,
one cued one-hale:cups of milk, one-
half level teaspoon of salt, one eup
of white cornmeal, two cups of sift-
ed flour, in whicli lour level tea,
spoons of baking powder have been
sifted and a scent tablespoon of
melted nutter. Bake twenty minutes
in hot greased gem pens.
SUMMER :DESSERTS.
thole to beat it for a few miraftea,
after it comes from the fire, And
freeze. Raspberries, strawberries, or
other fruits may be used instead ot
cvr11n.=eamo-Tak4 pint of hazel
y nut nernels, rub the sinew
Net Ore
o
oif with coarse towl, and pound to
A paste with a little white of an
egg', 3,fake 4 CeStard of half a Pint
of sweet milk, the yolks et two eggs,
nallredhall r flaretell4netr leolilQiifig7gtatin% S
olef`
When cool, add a teaspoeleful el eche,
tine dissolved in warm water. Stir
in the not paste, mix wellwhip half
pint ot thiek ereaen add to the
Mixture, taro into e, mould, and set
on ice.
eteach Surprise Inn—Into <nee
gum* of citopped peaches stir a cap-
let of water, I lb. of sugar, end the
unbeaten wbites of Ave eggs. Turn
all into the freezer and grind until
firm. The dasher whips the WASS in-.
ti.. a delicious, fhothy "surprise."
You may use any fruit nem Auuse in
the pleee el eleec'nee.
Violet IteMre4111,•--SCAld One quart
of cream and one cupful of sugar in
double boiler with an inch piece of
vanilla been; eget, and then add vice
Jut upauriug and freeze, nfould in 4
ring, and till the centre with a, pyre -
mid ot whipped cream and candivel
ov1alctovee,d1-41Jarper's Coed; Ileac. lelle
Cheshire Crean1.—Put the thin
rind Of a small lemon into a break-
fast -cupful .of thick creaniLet it
remain for an hour or more, then
-
take it out, and add a small tea-
spoonful of lemon juice, a dessert-
spoonful of sugar, and a glass of
sherry. Beat these thoroughly, and
place the froth, as it is made, on a
sieve to drain, and let it remaizi five
or six hours. When ready to serve,
put it on aeglass dish with a border
of Macaroons or cocoanut biscuits
round it.
Currant Mousse.—Put a quart of
ripe currants in a saucepan, with
just enough water to keep them
from burning, and cook slowly until
the juice runs freely. Squeeze them,
and measure thajuice. To a pint of
this allow 1 Th of white sugar. Put
both .on the fire and bring to a boil.
Beat six eggs very light in a bowl,
and pour upon theth the bollieg
otirring the mixture vigorous-
ly. Return to the stove and cook
until it thicken, beating all the
while. Turn it out to cool, con-
t;.
CURSE ON FOSE IN RBIS
T$ HISTORY ISFRIGHTFUL
TO OOlde LATE.
All Who Enter ItHarked 7o
Deoth. In Some Idereible
Form.
The mention of "ZiO Rue Boileau'
sends a slita4der of wee:witless
through the Paris police oilicials and
calls forth the question: "Well, who
has been killed there uow."
It is a novelty in the way of a,
bauute4 bOaSe. as it bas no trade.
tions and no history over a year
old, but the lennory it has crowded
lute a year is teneeneing frightful to
continuo] etc.
The building of the boon occupied
„bout fire Illentit", WhHe tbe con-
struction wee in tot ereen 00 accident
happened or no 144,n4y of say sort
to a workman. Yet letallty
Mlow-
44 fatality from the day the Wake
WON finished, It is the custom in
France for the building, trades to
hoist a little cedar tree above the
z'oof of a house AS soon as It 13 fin-
ished. The bon builder climbed to
the peah of the roof and was in tbe
Act, of hammering the trunk ot the
"beauquet" when his foot slipped, he
slid down the steep incline, and fell
headlong to tbe street. below. Ile
was deed when his comrades reached
blue.
DISASTERS FOLLOW FAST.
That same night two homeless men
sought shelter from the cold In the
new building, They Were found there
dead the next morning, euffocated by
the fumes from the charcoal fire they
had built in the nitelarn, A few
hours after the discoveree of the dead
tramps the owner or the house made
an inspection of the premises. On
bM way to the cellar he fell down
the stein and broke his neck. Three
policemen entered the cellar to carry
out the body. A heated amine:tent
ensued between two of them as to the
supernatural chavacter of the calami-
ties. From words they proceeded to
blows and ono of the guardians of
the peace was fatally stabbed.
Attracted by the extraordinary
series of fatalities the judge de paix
(Justine of the peace) of the ward
visited the house the same alter -
noon, accompanied by his secretary.
The latter had an apoplectic stroke
and expired just as he Was being
eaxried across the sill of the front
door intoethe street.
At the urgent request of the dead
owner' a family the police promised
not to inform the neWspapers, at
least for the present, of the sinister
string of episodes of which the new
buildieg bad been the. scene. The
neighborhood, however, was soon
discussing tbe matter with bated
breath and in all that Quarter of the
city there was perhaps na one who
Nets not aware of the brief but tragic
history of "the fatal house."
BECOMES SD-10E0ES' RESORT.
It remained closed for two weeks.
but even that fact did not put a
stop to the fearful nappenings. One
day—it was less than a week after
the sudden death of the municipal
functionary's secretary—the house
agp.nt, who had the property to rent.
was visited at Inc office by a even
dressed man and woman, who made
inquiriee about a ntextber of houses
for rent, and then asked for the
keys of the "one in the Rue Boil-
eau." The agent felt it his duty to
inform the man of the "unlucky
reputation” of the place.
0, we're not superstitious, my
wife or I," replied the visitor, "and
since you offer us the house for such
a small rent, a little thing like an
accident Or two would not affect
The agent waited late at his of-
fice that night, but the keys of the
mysterious building were not re-
turned to him. Then he notified the
police of his feare. Two gendarmes
were sent oil in hot haste to No, 59
Rue Bellen.u. They found the front
door unlocked. Iri a second story
rooIn elle of thexn stunibled over
something lying on the noon By
the light ,of their lantern' they saw
it was the bedy of a woman. Near-
by was a man, also dead. In the
man's hand was clutched a note ad-
dressed to the police. It stated that
he and his companion had been re-
solved to commit suicide, and that
was why they had borrowed the
keys and come to the house.
From that time on the accursed
halloo became the favorite resort of
persons 11111T1011S to die. Though the
agent refused to surrender the keys
to perS011:1 pretending to want to
rent the property, ealarnii les 'went
on happening there just the same.' A
man residing in an adjoining heuge,
climbed along the roof min made hiet
entrance by the trap door into No,
59, Ae soon as he got lucide lie cuf
his throat. The following night meth
other citizee, lailime to get inside
the buildingbetiged blroselt over
the doorstep. Tben, a special police-
man was etationed in front of the
bonne to neap owety all intending
enieides, 'upon whom tbe place seem -
44 to exeecise an irresistible Moine,
tiota.
AWFUL $Pnlinie RETURNS.
The policeman remained On that
post tor about sin months, diming
whkh tinae no human beings entered
the buildieg, and, naturally, no die -
asters oceurred, Tben, people began
to forget about the fated house, ann
different iloOrS were Tented out in
apartments to families from other
cities or from distant parte of par14,
In leee than a month An entirely new
series of fatal aeeidente had resulted,
A child's tome let 4 baby loll
from, a third story window. The
fellowleg day the !mine tilled her -
sell by taking POISOAe An old WQ",
man living in A ground floor apart...-
Plea WAS robbed and murdered. A
plumber, wbo had been galled In to
repair a leak in the water pipeS#
WAS tonally molded by upsetting up -
an bis face hie molten eelder. Two
temente died suddenly from unknown
caueve. A balloon peseing over that
Nemo caught ita guide rope in the
cbimney of No. 59 censtzing the
bonnet and hurling ita two communa
to death on the roof tel tile 1401160 of
calamity.
Tbese aro only emote of tile ratan,
ties, but there are also 0440 or two
othees that would seem to indicate
that the place puts its terrible soul
on persous who have been cennected
with it For instauce. the tether ot
the elaild that was kilted by falling
from, a window moved with his wife
from, Rue Boileau the following day.
TWO days litter be lainteelf was ren
Over and killed in tile street, Tiro
boys who lived in tbe fatal house,
were drowned while bathing en tbe
Seim,. A man and his wife. who lead
just banished an apartment there,
were killed in a railroad accideut on
their wedding leip.
Naturally. It became impossible to
keep longer from the general public
the story of tile feted house, ethos'.
Its record of deaths accumulated so,
constantly. So the Meal journals
devoted much epteee to the general
subject and published many letters
fran subscribers Advancing nil Satin -
44 trauge theories to %account for
*110 persistent disasters.
At two separate sessions tbe ISTAX,"
tional Soelety for Psychic Research
discussed the weird phenomenn. from.
the standpoint of the occult and
mysterious, and tried vainly to dent-
onstrate that the calamities occur-
ring in tbe house were the reetalt or
some perfectly simple and natural
cauce.
JAVAN /COVES ronwAltD,..
They ,Are Great Imitotors of
Everything.
One of the wonders of the Orient
is the sudden burst of Japan into
a modern progressive nation. There
are many who regret the change, be-
lieving that in adopting Western
methods japan beconme a mere Imi-
tator, gets to be sophisticated and
commercialized and loses her own
naive simplicity and sincerity. How-
ever, the cliange has rapidly gone
on, as may be seen from tbe follow-
ing StateMent by Mr. George Lynch,
who writes of the Osaka Exhibition
In Harper's 'Weekly:
"One is filled with ti§tonishment at
what this people have accomplished
in little over thirty years. The
lacquerwork, the embroideries, and
the various branches of manufacture
where they bring the feeling of the
true artist into the niaking of uten-
sils for every -day life are distinctively
and characteristically their own, but
their recent progress is more forcibly
shown in suelt things as their raa-4
chinery, the exhibits of electrical
appliances, the ship -building section
and such Me. They are great inn-,
tators of everything from brandy to
bicycles, and do not stop short even
01 beiltating the labels." •
THE JAPANESE COLONIZ.Z.
To show that Japan has caught
the spirit of expansion so prevalent
now among Western ntttions Ur.
Lynch says:
"Prom Japan X crossed to Korea,
with which in so many ways it is
now closely connected, being dee
pendent on it for a great portion of
its food supply, and being the -
ground where a inost curious' blood-
less invasion may be seen in course
of progress. We hear a lot about
the Russian occupation of Manchur-
ia but here on every side signs of
the Japanese occupations of Korea
and invasion by railway are forced
011 one's notice. Pusan is likely to
become e most important city with-
in a very few years. , The harbor,
which . is perfectly •landlocked, is
large enough to accoinmedate the
entire Japanese fleet; already the
Japanese own all the best sites, and
whole streets of Japanese houses can
be seen in course of erection; it is
almost impossible to buy a site, as
the Japanese will not sell. As a
matter of fact the Japanese, despite
numerous edicts forbiddingit, now
own one-third of the city of Seoul,
and close on one-half of the next
largest city in the kingdom. They
have an imposing post -office build-
ing of their own in Seoul, and a
telegraph line from there to Chernul-
po and Pusan running side by side
with the Korean. In fact, there is
hardly any department of civil life
Of industry in which 0110 does not
see the quiet Japanese absorption in
peogvese.''
A rAmx.t.y IeESEMI3LANCE.
'ell ' said father -in -hoe after
inether-in-law had rethrined fee= a
visit to the young copple, ''what
sort of a fellow is Jellin?"
afraidh 13 not good fOr miuch,"
said mother-in-law. lie rooinds inc
'very much oi,raw."
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