The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 30, 1887, Page 3

Ne aia Not eaten Dis wite wrong-domng | A REMARKABLE STORY. | su Mr. Bathias’ Widow Ww NATION SANK, |" ===“ ; pda i—i4 and in his own mind he voted himself an asa him. He would pretend that he was going on a journey, not to Versailles or Havre, as do comedy husbands, but Everybody in the little town of Lyre-sur-Y¥s was astonished when it became known that Mr. Mathias was pera H¢ ) Bloch — was berely forty-five years of 1 nol would seem very difficult for him to return. ‘ age and was robust man, assiraight | A.d then, some night he would = ray san arrow. About three years be- h ali = BUTL) uo. fare he bad become the huekend of = come back as much alive as ever, to | y, be =- young girl of twenty, niece of the tax- He allowed himself three days’ time, . collector and whom he had loved with Da pit: frenzy. 4 pital. [66,000 "OF course, once. dead, Mr. Mithias and he- was quite pleased with himself as he thought of all this, in s'retching himself out comfortably in his coffin DRPLUS $5,500 was credited with having bee: during | once more. his life-time the po:sessor of every vir- i , tue. It wonld have gone nibsh Mok Mr. Mathias was getting impatient | j¢ the one whashould have dared to speak all eh... Presiden’ | of him as having been a Waar oe iB. WALTON? 1 President: | miser, #8 people termed him while liv- waited until the cemetery clock struck eleven, the hour he had chosen to be- | ¢, . Be TON,, .....Cashies. gin operations. HUE JEN IN, Act Cashier, | IMB His plans bud all been well laid. | ™ PN KINNEY... sag collector.| No man would have dreamed of | Tie wail of the graveyard bounded | * —_ publishing snew the account of that | js property. He had on hand a com- DIREC celebrated marriage, which certainly it of ES , did him honor, and which would have rt brought back to mind the remem- PM Petar, ker Powell, | teanse how all Mend Seared that tall, Nudge j. H Sullens, |p W. Walton | sriful, avaricious-and rich man whom LR, Simpson’ NL Whipple | People supposed to occupy his spare his shrou:l, to be in keeping with the predominating color of the locality. Once over the wall he would hie rank Voris, E,W moments in concocti, iso : : Yes; that must be it. He must be % » Walton, & poisons with | straight to his wife’sapartment. Then ‘ 4 -_ | (y years ago, and has found th« living jC. H. Dutcher ue Jenkins. | which he experimented on dogs. It | the fun would begin. “ a visionary fellow who believed his} £4 pood there that he has nvver left was no time to ‘sik about that then. graveyard peopled with ghosts He | it since. I suppose he is the most — H: was dead. Peace to his ashes! Receives deposits, | money, anc After all, in thinking the matter nsacts a general bay business. over, waa there say thing so very ex- Bin modaten oer caer every 3 | traordinary in this death? It was plain : ation consisteth sate bank- | that Mr. Mathias had had forebodings of its avproach, for had he not but a short tine before sent to Paris for workmen to erect in ths cemetery the 1» ortuary chapel that was at that mo- ment waitin: to receive his mortal re- mains? Besides, it had been noticed that of late hehad prowled about his h use as if fearing mysterious robbers. He sequestered his wfe and closed himself up for weeks at a time in his laboratory, the chimney of which seemed in a blaze every night. “All these were the premonitory symptoms of a brais had said Dr. La- barre, who haf decided that dea:h had resulted frou pppplexy. Mr. Mathiagjfad had a splendid funcral. Que of the population of the town hadfellowed his remains to the graveyard and it may even be said that there wre a few misty eyes when the oakea@ffin was lowered into the crypt of thetbapel, a real monu- ment in itself, Were two men of his sise might havedept at their ease. . The mounersfurned from the fu- I N E | acral wonderingthat the widow would S U i] a | ..Now, the trufief the matter is that Mr. Mathias waaot dead. Two hours af@ the ceremony, any In every style price and qlity one who mightbave been in the ; vault where theoffi: rested would have certified @ he truth of this ‘ ! statement. arp clicks, like the { ade to Orier snap of a spriag resounded, and the coffin opened Re a cluset Mr. Mahivs sat upgretching his limbs aranteed a fit in every te like aman justyaking. Through s and see me, up stairs Nay* grating in thegiling @ little light Main Street. iS entered. Mr. Mehias stood up, slow- ly rubbing tslightly benumbed knees. J-E. TALBO'T, | taking at tat, bo tett comforte- ble, quite coukttable The dose of ty Merchant \jlor, | the narcotic, he had carefully measured hi before taking, had the exact eff'ohe desired People had supposud him dead and had buried him; so mch the better. Since alo giile Mr. Mathias had made his proppations. The vault hal been fittelup with great care. In it were suitae clothing, food and afew bottles ofpod wine. As noth- se stimulates @ appetite more than G a funeral, evenlit is one's ow), Mr. THIS is the top of the ge-| Mithias seatedhimssIf comfortably ie “Pearl Top” Lam} om his coffin, tate his fast and drank limney, all others simila} 8°4 lek to thtature. oaks It is abou t+ te say why, of his imitations. This is thi own free wil R Mithias was at that moment six fet below the surface of si aah Of the ground. eachone of th} as usual, they was a woman m'xal Pea rl T Oj} up in the mata U.amoved by femi- : pte gpate bys (pcr don oa u rin@y an apothecary wh: The deale bad made a ne with anti-spasm may say and pills, fellin Ig with pretiy Anne think he has as awe ~ nike of the tax-gatherer 1. but he has not. t Lere-snr-Y4) He had bluntly pro- « weed tothe ymg virl, wio had jus psist upoh the exact label s bluntly veil become Mrs. Mi- top. 0 in conseqince of which he fell love like afoy LIbegpard-n! I D. A. MACBETH & co. Sould say likes ma. of forty. who * Sows hims-If teal in love. Not be- Pittsburgh, Pa in of an over-Bj-st nature, he had - Wee such a subb wb about the tax- es | Ecce. that, fi less than a yeor's tim, knowing th the gover ment’s | cas, did not edt up reght, ths u - } fortnate man we seriou-ly consid-r- } ete advisabil® of conmitting sui- ? cide. It was atfis moment ‘hat Mr. DV ERTISERS Matkas appear@ in the g tise of a savig, and ma@ his teras The learn the exact COS | nicceoffered hehit up #8 a sacrilice to sa¥ an unclefho hal b-en a father y proposed line of | to her althoustaer alfe-t ons were every thing being all right, he tilted over the marble slab covering the vault, climbed up into the mortuary chapel. opened the door and walked out into the graveyard with his wind- ing sheet on his arm. As soon as he got into the alley he unfolded the ample shroud and tried to cast it around his shoulders, But the sheet was quite heavy, and he fai.ed in his attempt. Just as he wa; about to try it over he heard a voice behind him say: “Hold on! I will give you a hand.” Not to realize what » disagree«ble surprise this wa, would be a certain proof that one had never been at mid- night in a graveyard, trying to put on one’s shrout. The voice that bad addressed Mr. Mathias came from the sexton of the graveyard, Old Grimbot, an old fish, well known in all the neighboring taverns He drew near, and, looking Mr. Mathias full in the fice, ex- olai-ned: “Hello! is that you Mr. Mathias? Already!” Mr. Mathias, not a little embar- rassed, kept on trying to wind his shroud about him, hoping that a ghostly appearance would rid him of his inopporiune companion. It did not, however. O. the contrary. Grim- bot kindly assis ed him in putting on the sheet, and arranged it so that the folds fell gracefully. “[have just lef my tomb," began Mr. Mathias, in a bh low voice. “Bo I eee,” said Grimbot, interrupt- ing him. ‘You seem to be in a much greater hurry than the o hers.” Mr. Mathias did noc listen to him. Ha was now taking long strides, walk- ing on tiptoe, just like a ghos'. Grimbot kept up with him, and con- tinued: The idea doce not come te the others so soon. They generally let month or two go by.” Mr. Mathias sudderly turned to- ward him, and extended both arms, exclaiming: “Begone, profane man! Begone!" ‘Tush! Tush!’ said Grimbot, ina fatherly tone. “Don't mind me—after all, I suppose you wantonly to take an airing like the other fellows." Mr. Muthias kept on straight ahead, not deeming it worth his while to answer. H- soon perceived, through the darkness, the gate of the cemetery. Being always prepared for the worst, he had a few louis in his pocket. *Co+e,"’ said he, «ff-ring a souple of gold pieces to Grimbot, “Jei’s waste notime in talk, Here! let me have the key.” Grimbot s:'epped back, exclaiming: “What! the key! you want to go vat! That’sa funny notion! Bat, I say, none of that!’ “J will give you four louis!’ groaned Mr. Mathias. “Say now, stop that,” replied G rim- bot, “or else I shall knock you on the head. Ihave no obj cion to your leaving your tomband walking about. The others do so, too.”’ «The others! what others?’ Grimbot gave a wide sweep around with his hand, as he replied: “Why, the dend, of cours!" ‘The d-ad—who is talking to you about the dead? Why, man, I am alive, still living, don’t you se ?” *Paew! that is an awful joke: but, see here, I am a good feilow. Come al ng and take adrink with me.” Lke a pair of pincers his hand grasped Mr. Mithias’ wrist. He dragged hin w a small building. where he lived, and made him enter a reom ov he ground floor. iecacd i Mr. Mathias was literally dumb- alread, pledgedto a clerk in the | founded. After closing the door, ee . . ye ing in American — .* pa: pipe tit | — ape — = rage = sat ‘ o ats and, ing two glasses, he took one 4 by addressing duty, Arne becary Mme. Mathias, | ra held tt saying: P R ell & C Soon ae felt aljhe cons q tences of ; “Here's to you, Mr. Mathias." ’ e Ow O., \the catatrophe Mr. Matnias. and | «Listen to me, good man,” said Mr. Advertising Bureau, | %thaps ec wasjot far wrong. was) Mathias. “You wait to have your lit- D Spruce St, New York. onvincet that is wife hated him. tle joke at my expense. Well and 30cte. for 100-Page Pamphet ~M thiéconvigon that she was de- | pd Bit there is a time for all \ me hin, thé: was but one siep. things) For a reason that concerns : \ tornented this suspicio:, he me only, I have allowed myself to be : | mee a cage His wife buried. Now, business of great im- : A put her ts of doors, and portance requires my presence outside. , came\tBsee her. Still, Let me go, and, 1 assure you, I shall Mthi ne ii that the reason pay you well."” \ ; ca i li COKRESPONK, First Nat’! Bank - Fourth National Bank geod Hanover National Hank | New York. Se ee See BATES COtry: ational ank. *(Oreanized in ro he | OF BUTLER,I(Q. Capital paid in, - 375.000. Surplus - - - -§>1.000 J TYGARD, = DN. J. 8. MEWBERR Ne CLARK a h President 7ice-Pres. - ° + (Cashier. I While he was speaking Grim bot naa was en account of his awkwardness, slowly walked around the table and It was then that a bright idea struck “You are a good talker," sneered he. on along, long journey from which it pervert — ‘a. ee Every night one or two of them come, the great confusion of the guilty one. bor, Radel, the ove that has the brok- encolumn. ‘Ihe night before last I had acall from Mme. Claudio, a mighty fine-looking woman, I tell you. Iam a good tellow. LIlet them walk about at night and chat with them; but asto as the third day drew to a close. He | another thing.” sponsibilities of his offi:». piete suit of black ciothes in which to| |. A ; . : n, with hands like a gorilla’s) Hs array himself as a phantom druggist. | .ves were black and Cianing A In the gravevard only would he wear | chiver ran through Mr. Mathias’ frame as the idea struck him that the map was crazy. Mr. Mathias dressed himeclf and. | jived in a fantastic world, the creation of a drunkard's brain. ing, promising, supplicating. Why, how could he, the good, kind, intek asto take him fora dead man, and “enough of this! so long as you won't behave r:asonably, you will bave to go in again.” the corner of the third division."” ous hands. Overcome with terror, he glanced around, looking for an open- ing to escape through. There was but one, the door, and there was Grimbot, propped up against it? Anyhow, he had to pass, cost what it may! So he rushed forward with a scream. open hand, into which the throat of his assailant fitted closely. Mr. Mathias hiccoughed and tried tostrug- gie. The hand closed more tightly. Mr. Mathias slid down to the floor, kicked about fora little while and then remained motionless. rences of this kind, picked him up,and, walking'with the dixnified step of a man conscious of having done his duty, be carried him back to the tomb, HABITS OF SHARKS. taken a position, standing, his back | Sew Divers fer Pearis and Sponges Fight The time of the againet the door. spe he Terrible Man-Eaters. when sidewalks Ought to be a Talkabout sharks! you should see and pagsable. Nail , “Go you are alive, eh? Well, yon are | %¢_biz {lows they have in the harbor Planks. prio. of San Doninga.” The speaker was = ’ pe: an old sea ciyain whose vo h i Cam recent an led him to extiire every Bi a ‘the ari ae = globe. = *Whab we consid bi “My son Don has had a shark in these w would mi ae advantages, but I had pate small one there," i slaughter house w atinadd ~The ' Sorth ail of them—poverty.” sheep are killed eve tthe first that has’ toli me that thout ceremony, to take a drink ith me. Last night it was the notary. »u know whom I mean; your neigh- suay to supply ae ethics is to have a * AS the university at §: nce ov yracuse, N. ¥. rks come 4 Wealthy clergyman has given $90y- ; 000 to found such a professorahip. The New York civil i mission have dismissed ‘= elle nina who went to Washington to soliei voluntary contributions from goverm looking the harbor. The every day at a certain ti upon the offal thrown intot There are hundreds of them way thev fight is terrible Some of them jump out of the in their fury an‘! lash it into foam w their tails One big fellow, full twenty feet in leng h. is called by the San Domingoans the ‘captain of the harbor.’ He is exceedi: giy fierce and has killed several men already. Every sea-firing man who has visited the harbor of San Domingo knows him, for he is the firs. shark to make an appearance in the wake of a vessel. He was firs’ seen in the harbor twen- {ting them go outside, that is quite Mr. Mathias began to feel uncom- rtable. And uo wonder, for Grim- nt spoke with perfect composure, like fanetionary who understood the re- He was a mediuu-sized, thick-set middle-aged. ‘ ural part. Sho is CUly scte.a nat. self. ‘ddle aged here celebrated shark in the world. “It isthe popular belief that divers for pearls and svonges in waters where siarks abount incur terrible riska, but this is not true. A careful man has nothing tofear. Hs goes into the water heavily weighted. has a div- er's helmet on his head which enables him te remain under the surface for a long time, and is usually arm-d with along shea:h knife. When he sves a shark approaching, which in those clear waters may be perhaps one hun- dred yards off, he has only to lie down flat, with his back to the bottom of the sea, and no living shark can harm him. Sharks are compeled to turn over on their backs before they can seize their prey. Their mouths are placed so far back of their long snouts that it is only by swimming under their victims and turning, that they can use their vicious jaws with eff ct. The diver outwits them by sotingas ! have described. Sometimes a shark will try to rout him out from his posi- tion, bntaf-w stabs of the sheath- knife settles that matter speedily. The wounded shark swims off with the speed of an arrow and the diver pulls his rope and is hauled to the surface. Moet of the men killed in the pearl and sponge fisheries are native divers who venture into the water naked without any means of defense other than aknife. They can stay under water for only a minute or two at a time, and if a shark approaches they must either fight bim or rise rapidly to the «urface and climb into the boats. Even under such disadvantage- ous eircumstanc:s a few of them lose their lives. “The greatest danger to be feared in the presence of a shark is the paral- ysis of fear. Sharks unless verv hungry will not attack aman while in motion. They swim arou d with longing eyes waiting for one moment when their victims shall remain quiet, and then make their onslaught. On the coast of Africa the natives fight sharks fear- lessly. They enter the ocean naked, having first olled their bodics {n erder that they may slide through the water easily. Their only weapon is a stout stick about two feet in length sharp- ened at both ends. The water is so cleir that they can see for hundreds of feet around them. When a shark swims toward them they wait until the moment he tarns on his back. and as he opens his j: ws to seize them, they thrust the stick crosswise into his mouth and swim off The shark's mouth being held open by the stick. he is soon drowned, when the natives 'ow him ashore and feast upon his flesh. For my part I do not believe that sharks are native to American waters. Ihave heard old seamen say that they came from Africa, following in the wake of the first slavers that came to this country. Those vessels were al- ways so overcrowded that many died Mr. Mathias began talking, plead- Professor Wiggins 1 citizen of Canada.’ He Lynn, Mase. Heisharmlesitg a& experience shows that he ong control over the weather. \\ Congressman Gedrge D. Wise fined $20 at Richmond on Satu for carrying concealed weapons, > The court also took charge of the, congressman's pistol. Served him right. In one of Henry Ward Beecher's books was this inscription ona fly*: leaf: “To the fellow who took the © former copy. N. B. Do not ateal this copy also.” He probably knew the thief. per Tho empress of Brazil is reportedl.”: to be of a devout and pious tarn mind. She will soon make a pik. grimage to Palestine. She will go with the same enthusiastic sense of devotion which inspired the erusad= ers of old. ; ete Loyd Lytton, the author of “Imei cille,” seams to be ‘favored by; tha: 5 English government, but the of London speak contemptaonaly: him. By one he is deseribed 4 the man with the appearance of: {talian organ grinder, and the als of the organ grinder’s mon Why may not Kansas City b w a manufacturing mart for wex Qa dlest The New York Times eagee “One more sign of the econotsies 9 progress is that it is contempla to make wax candles out of sorghum —cane. It yields cerosine whic has a high melting point” _ we The story is that when Dr. Franke ij; lin invented the harmonica he gas cealed the fact from his wife ti instrument was fit to play, and’ woke her with it one night when! took it for the musie of an There is not a wife in these who would make such a music take. There is a Sunday school in York which does not exclade wo ly books. It contains etories ¥ Onida, George Sand and Zols. Se of the novels by these authors ai worthy of a place in any: lib while others are not: exactly # books one would select for Sand school reading. Perhaps the Hoold buying committee of the New Yor® Sunday school knew how tod inate. gent Grimbot, make such a mistake e burst into a laugh. “Here!” said Grimbot, curtly; “Go in again! goin where?” “Ino your home, of course! At “Into the tomb! Never!” “You won't! O.cef Twice!’ Mr. Mathias looked at the enorm- Grimbot quietly put forward hie Grimbot, like one used to occur- where he cast him into the crypt. He then kicked the slab back into iis place, closed the grated door and re- sumed his walk among the tombs, mut ‘ering: “Dii you ever see the like? Wanted to get out, eh! And me lose my situa- tion! Not much." This is why Mr. Mathias’ widow was able, shortly after, to marry the one she had always loved. —Jules Lerinia, in Paris Figaro. AMONG THE PYRAMIDS. Two Tourists Who Failed te Appreciate Each Other's Information. A New Enziander who stood gazing upon the wysterious grandeur of the pyramids, turned to a peculiar looking old fellow who had just come up, and said: “Wonderful; the wonderful won- der of wonders!” “Whit is?” the old fellow asked. “Why, these pyramids.’ “Wall, they mout be sorter wonder- ful to a feller that’s lived all his life in » flat country, but you oughter see the Cumberland Mountains.” “Great Ceasar, man, these pyramids were built by the Egyptiaus thousands of yeurs 28 ago!” “Yas, an’ the Cumberland Moun- tains wuz built by the Lawd Ulmighty long befo’ the "Gyplians eat. thar breakfust xn’ got ready to go to work. My fren’, you oughter traveled er lit- tle befo’ comin’ over here, an’ then you wouldn’t make sich a mouth at a | on the voyage, and were thrown over- passel o” sharp cornered hats like board. The sharks fed upon their these here. W'y up thar in the Cum- | bodies until they reached this side of berlandM ountains you ken roll a rock | the ocean.”—W. ¥. Mail and Ezpress. down—” — “I won't talk to you, sir.” The Parisian Barbers. “Wall, now, jest use yore own pleas- z : ure erbout that, fur I aint a hurtin’ t Underlying the smile entirely deep give you infurmation. Ef you wanter there is no langh broader than the one stumble erleng like er blind hoss w'y engendercd by the American's first ‘t ain't nothin’ to me.”—<Arkansaw | visit to coiffeur in Paris. Accustomed Traveier. to luxurious “barber's shops,"’ where = = amanis shaved and shampooed in Remedy for Black Eyes. ease and comfort, he at first growls, then de» urs, then sighs, and finally If youcan apply a wet compress ¥ indie immediately afier the pais \ amused by the semi-barbarie cundi keep it freshened by occasionally | tions he find: here. Instead of a rest: | a jniced that if you wake p in the eke y 7 ing place for his back and a stool the nigh <2 fell rinsing in water, the tendency to con- z dle of night an uneceriain gestion will be much reduced. An | ee ee ei —— rechenre comes over you. You ain’ ay —* ~ngpoceyl aa a0 the weet Tistend # ae cod crabbing of bis heal re it is sey ftwecd aacheee pki ct af.er the shave—which in America he sing with an equal bulk of mucilage of always bas had without extra charge— —A Kansas paper publishes the fei m-arbic and the addition of a few he is asked by the “arcist” ifhe will | lowing unique reminder to deling B : f . This should be have “friction.” This, if he accepte | , tecribers. which we commend rops of glycerine. is_shon| hair its means the sprinkling of a few | stteniion of all whom it may a Re be a ps Se Bc aaa drens of some to-heaven-smelling | phere @ a little matter that § ome) rush sb (x¥ on, tonic upon his hair, accompanied by 2} gurgulcriber$ have @-emingly MH then a gcoond and third ‘coat. If this se _Galiae be done,goon afer thé injury has been few strokes of a hair-brush.—Galig. gotten entirely. Some of 4 The Weird Midnight Hour. Birdie McHenipin—There is so thing very weird and mysterious the midnight honr. Hostetter M Ginnis—Yeas 1 received, MG prevent in great part ™7"* made u® many prom® @ bot the bruised #orface from turning _ The amount of trade carriea on not kept we ee $45 black decansg it is on account of the | between the United States and the ease Wenn Stary oxidfion of ,gpe blood in the injured arcentine Confederation during 1886 sh pm tissu@thar 4A shows the dark, livid | equaled 11,000,000 as against 8,000,- don’t like to $peak about it. okre nom 000 in 1883.