Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1895, Page 12

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Guessers must be wo- men and girls and necessarily they must be readers of The Star, but they may read the story in The Star taken by any member of the family and need not be regular subscrib- ers themselves in order to enter the ompeti- tion, While only women and girls may guess and win the prizes, they can receive help as to their guess from any member ef their family or from all the family. - THIRD INSTALLMENT. CHAPTER HL—THE DOCTOR'S NOSIS. “Unknown, did you say asked the doc- tor, somewhat disconcerted by the pro- fe: oT DIAG- .” responded Hawkins, “those nd it didn't know who ‘twas.” there anything about the cloth- identify him? Any papers in the or any marks upon the person ask too many questions for m We only heard the rumor as we starting off, but as for clothing I heard that the body was mostly naked.” Where was it found?” asked Professor Drummond. ear the beginning of the tlume to Wal- do’s mill, I heard, but I really don't know anything about it. Think it’s your friend rkweather, professo! ing pocket. “You doctor. to “TE can't hold » opinion or another,” he replied. “You see, Starkweather and I were | at breakfast—’ and he proceeded to tell “Must we stay here?” said Louise. the story of the young man's death and disappearance with all the clearn and cireum tiality with which he had dis- cussed the matter with the doctor. Haw- kins and Mr. Philbrick listened attentive “Of course," concluled the professor, “there was only way of it. L must have been mistaken in supposing the man dead, and he recove aw: fter I came down stai “You think he fell into the river, then?” asked Hawkins. jently to get Professor Drummond shrugged his shoul- ders. . “I cannot * he answered, and Dr, Williams noticed how much more pes 1 he was now than f of the ed had tl k to which me aune of my se: had bes Ked the 2 Moment, during which eon examining his whip fibrick was gazing at th away 1 Kk she w syond th powe) nat did othing ‘Dropped de and ‘your she sai sort brick, “pe eye you nd ‘I coull fasten to. <or Drummond’ about all the words and she didn't set them In eny der. You heard her, Mr. Phil- turning to his gue: returned Mr. Philbri fror the moun bh, yes, but 1 didn't I believe I heard the word cr something of that kind. “Seems to be very mysterious,” mun’ K, shifting ins to the landlord. much attention ‘dropped dead’ mused assented the professor, “I can't tand it.” 1 think,” suggested the landlord, want » down to Waldo's and see for yourself If the body found i: Starkw utucr. I haven't a doubt, mysel The professor 1 with a look of an- xlety to Dr. W do you th The youns 1 don't answered. “W fs open tot Professor Drumm bo | » down in nt “Will the body be kept at V “I dare say | “" he asked. cd. n ask me,” he pectable course he said. aldo’s mill?” (WIL, but if it tsn’t you can Mind it in the village. T presume you'll want to 20, won't you, doers “T suppose a physician would he expected to take an intere matter,” replied Dr. Wii be down before long.” “you might get In with us, ff you like. Pe 1 cvaid take you both If you didn't Po mind 2 2 hitch up and wv down with me. I suppose a wm’t matter as long as the “Xo. 1 g not, Shall I sa: ou're both coming, ifs “Yes, If you've a mind to. I'll get ready once, doctor,” aml the professor entered H. ns did not start back at once. He keoked up sign at the Voter, whe wert down the stenos and stood by the wheel of the buggy. “What do you think of it, doctor?” asked responded Dr. Williams, slowly “the cause has some tpparently <iringe fe tures, but [ presume the strangeness will entirely disappear .when we get at the facts." “Humph! Do you :hink he piaced the man on the bed? Perh; I vught not to ask it, as you're his ph an, buc Mr. Philbrick and 1 were talking— “Mere speculative gos: Dr. W ek, with a interrupted Mr. [hilh: s smile, “We were discussing the possibilities the first iam: | of a mystery without thing about the cire eos. “Well, but you said—" began Hawkins, when Phill: interriprel “Like others, I jumped at the c that the body found at the mili was that of the man who had dropped dead at Fair- view. I then indulge in a little ile specu- lation, as a stranger will under such clrr cumstances. Believe me, I didn't meaa to be taken seriously.” . “Ym sure no harm has been don Dr. Williams. “Your speculation w ural enough, and 4 ed, I have no dispe thing on the ground of being the family | physician. I have not that honor. I was here by accident soon after the event oc- curred, whatever it was, for I met the haif- crazed servant myself between here and the village. You speak as If you had some doubt as to what the event was,” suggested Haw: kins, discontentedly. “It's certain the man isn't it? irkweather? No, decidedly not.” ‘Then I'li repeat my first question. Do you think the professor put the body of Starkweather cn the bed?” no reason for doubting the pro- worl. by thunder, I do!” exclaimed Haw- kins. “That is, I don't want to appear suspicious of anything wrong, but I tnink there's a heap that’s got to be expiained, 1 | do.” lusion ndoubtedly, if all the curiosity in the country has got to be satisfied,” responded | Williams, sharply. “But you've no business to get suspicion agoing in the ecmmunity without something to base it de- Who's setting it going, doctor?” manded the lanulord, bridling. “You will be doing it if you indulge in leoss tallc."” Hawkins looked at the doctor angrily. aid “Anybody'd think, to bear you," he “that = old enough to be Senator.’ Di was spared the necessity of jenoring this quarrelsome remark by Mr. Fhilbrick, who, with a significant smile and side glance toward the landlord, said: “Tam inclined to agree with you, doctor, as to the probabi that the mysterious fea- tures of this affair will presently disappear. I should like to ask you, medical man, whether there is any inherent improbability or impossit n the explanation sugg' ed by Prof. Drummond?” “You've doubled up your question a bit,” replied the doctor, smiling gratefully In re- turn for Philbrick’s saving him from an un- dignitied discussion with the landlord. “That w ause Iam a layman, T sup- pese,” returned Philbrick. fi vet us say im- a man of unusual i s rather odd that he heen mistaken in thesymptoms thought indicated death. You see. i ts that Starkweather t kind, a a mething of th t not to diagn ge of it. er, Starkw cataleptic Drummond s ye noted the beating of the heart, which he hi I can’t tell, you see. The profess My agitated, id, altogether, I pose that he erred in Prof. Drammond Looked Long and Earnestly. | tninking Starkweather dead. If the body | found in the river is that of Starweather, it ] will probably be easy on examination of it to establish something better than a specula- tive theory with regard to his end. “I hope so, certain, a Mr. Philbrick. “Of course, I have only a ing Interest in the matter, but a mystery, you know, is so aggravating.” “J hate mysteries,” responded Dr. Wil- Mams. “J don’t profess to understand two words of the doctor’s fol-de-rol,” remarked Haw- kins with peevish irony, “but I can say that if there's any mystery about a man’s death it belongs to the community to clear It up. That's whatI say. Get up, Nancy! And ifI was « medical,”"he bawled,as the buggy turn- ed around, “I'd see that my wits and educa- tion did the community some good in the matter, Dr. Williams was nettled, for he was too young not to be sensitive, but when Mr. Philbrick wayed his hand behind Hawkins’ back and opened his mouth in a silent jenen of derision at the landlord the doctor sawthe comical side of the ignorant man’s tirade, and smiled back. When he went up the steps the young ladies came from the dining room to meet him. “You can’t think how nervous I am, doc- tor,” said Louise. ‘Tell us about it.” The doctor told them substantially what he had told Mr. Philbrick, and reiterated his confidence that all the mysterious features of the case would presently be cleared away. “In a moment of irresponsibility,” he said, “Mr. Starkweather probably fell or jumped into the river. A body has been found a mile or so below, and we are going down to see if we can identify it.” “Must we stay here?" asked Louise. “Are you ill, Miss Willis?” exclaimed the doctor, suddenly steppirg forward and hold- ing out his hands, for it scemed as if Amelia. were about to faint. “No, no,’’ she responded, with evident ef- fort, and the color rushed back to her face, “it is only that the whole thing seems so terrible. That is all.” Dr. Williams looked apprehensive. “T'm half inclined to prescribe for you, Miss Willis,” he said, ‘tas I did for the pro- fessor. “Don't,” she returned, “I'd rather not take anything. I wonder if Uncle Nathan will let us go with him?” “Tell me about papa,” said Louise. ~ “I feared at first,’ responded the doctor, frankly, “that he had sufte! some kind of shock that led to hallucination, but I see no evidence of it now. He |s apparently as sound as I am, mentally.” “I am so relieved! There he is now.” The professor drove around the corner in a carryall from the stable, which was at the side of the house. Papa,” called Louise, ‘may we go with you?” “Not shortly. “Wait here a minute,” said the doctor in a lew volce to the young ladies. He went down the steps and spoke to the professor. “I'm sure you'll pardon a seeming interfer- ence, but under the circumstances I feel bound to advise you not to leave the ladies here alone. Their nerves are badly shaken. Recall your own agitation and then think of them.” - “What were they talking to you about?” asked Professor Drummond. “About our conclusions with reference to Starkweather. They hadn't heard of the body in the river, you know.’ ‘Hadn’t heard—oh! you thought I meant the girls. I was referring to Hawkins and the other fellow.” The doctor was surprised and looked it. ‘There was some acidity characteristic of his outspoken disposition in his tone as he re- sponded: “Hawkins was for seeing an 11: and Mr. Philbrick pooh-poohed picions. That was all. Suspicions, eh! suspicions of what?” ‘I. don’t know,” said Dr. Williams, shortly, I didn’t ask him. I venture to assure you that the young ladies ought not to be left alone at hom: Professor Drummond frowned. “They can’t find anything comforting in a morgue.” he said. “No, but they could stay at my mother’s i ur retur y well. Get your hats, called the professor. ‘The short journey to the village was cov- ered in silence. Professor Drummond was to be thought of,” he returned, ly mystery his sus- girls, and lectricity,” He Muttered. wrapped in his thoughts and the young ladies were too subsided to say anything. The doctor could not help inferring that they were habitually held in rather severe subjection by the profe: He noticed how much more affected, iy, by the tragedy of the morning Miss Willis was than Louise. Amelia had hardly said a word since the time they had met Betsey. Her tace was very pale and her eyes were swol- len as with a burden of tears that she held back by a supreme effort of the will. Having left Louise and Amelia at Dr. Wil- liams’ home, the professor drove on to the village. There was no need to inquire where the body of the drowned man was, for he was recognized by villagers, who called to him and told him where to go. “Everybody thinks he knows all about it,” muttered Professor Drummond, “and I sup- pose the wildest tales are current.” The body had been taken ‘to the local un- Gertaker's place of business, about which there was a crowd of morbid curiosity-seck- ers, men and women. They gave way promptly when the doctor jumped down from the carryall and pushed towardr the topping first to hitch his ho: hing this act with great delibe When at length he entered the unde taker’s back room he found Pr. Williams, the undertaker and Mr. Philbrick there. All had heen barred out. It proved that the rumors about the bo¢ being found without clothing were exa ‘The victim's clothing was tori upper garments having dis: peared, and the body was mutilated to a markable degree. At first it had been im- possible to recognize the features. but when word got abroad t Henry Starkweather had died suddenly at Fairview, people could see resemblances to the pleasant-voiced young man who had been living there for several wee Professor Drummond looked earnestly at the dead man. “It is he,” he said, with a sigh, at last, and he turned about and slowly left the room. The undertaker followed him to the office in front to see whether he had a tion to give. Dr. Williams and Mr. Philbrick were left with the body The doctor had not looked up when the sor was present. He, too, had recog- arkweather, und his personal curi- had disappezred for the moment in the onal interest that the gruesome ctacle aroused. He was but walting an nity to make 2 more thorough ex- long and Sr opportunity amination than he cared to make in ti As he h rand the unde over the body moved the cloth from the thr moment later he Lover hin trivity! and r and chest. arted and a shud he rauuttered under A low sound. somewhat like a chuckle, be- hind him, sed him to turn sudden! Mr. Philbrick leaning negligently t, his face lit with a eguinst an vpright mocking smile. I rather thought you'd disagnosticate the case, Doctor Williams,” he said. (To be continued tomorrow.) —_ One Way of Arousing Lodgers. From the St. Pant Dispateh. Umpire Bill Hays of the Windsor has in- vented a new system of calling sieepy guests. Its very simplicity is its supreme attraction. The other night a newspaper man went to the Windsor, and, being desirous of he- ing called at an early hour, left instruc. tions with Umpire Hays to do the work Satisfied that everything would be lovely the scribe retired and slept. Early uu: morning the newspaper man was disturb- ed by a Hyely tattoo upon the door. “Well?” he demanded sharply. I've got un important message for you,” said the bell boy outside. Yawning until he sprained his face, the serib> jumped out of bed, toddled across the floor and opened the door. The bell boy handed him an envelope and then went away. The newspap-r man opened the en- velope and found therein a slip of paper bearing the fo:lowing: “Why don’t you get up?” — ses David Is Safe. From the Boston Transcript When Mrs. Fogg read in the paper that “ink can be preserved from mold by pnt- ting a clove in the bottle,’ she exclaimed with the gleam of joy which comes of new- ly acquired information: “There, now J Know why David always carries cloves in his vest pocket!” She could not have felt happier if she had just returned from a successful bargain hunt. When Ordering ask for Huyler's. ocod and Chocolates be sure and ey have no superior. MISS FRENCH'S VISIT To the Reading World She is Known as Octave Thanet. AER INTEREST IN MISS FLAGLER'S CASE A Star Reporter's Chat With Her 2 & About Her Stories. HER LITERARY LIFE Miss Alice French, who, as Octave Tha- et, Is one of the best-known. literary wo- men of the country, is paying a flying visit to this city as the guest of Gen. and Mrs. Flagler, the two families having been life- long friends. There are few contributors to contemporary literature whose work ap- pesls to a broader field or strikes a truer note in the hearts of the reading public than that of Miss French. Although a res- ident of Davenport, Iowa, she is a native of Massachusetts, but her literary efforts have been confined for the most part to picturing life and conditions in the west. Her ancestors for several generations have been engaged in the manufacturing bu: ness, and from her long association with factory people comes the sociologic char- acter of so much of her work. “I have the greatest fondness for the American mechanic and workingman,” she said to a Star reporter this morning. “The Americar farmer I do not know so well, but my father was an fron manufacturer, and my brothers are in the business today. One brother graduated at Harvard two years ago, and was there known best, per- haps, by his good clothes, his two big dug: and his fast horse. I think his classmates would hardly know him now if they could see him starting out every morning after a s-o'clock breakfast, dressed in bis rough workman's clothes and heading for the rolling mill. His work is that of a ‘rough- er,” grasping the white-hot iron bars as they come out from the rollers and turning them back again. It is.one of the most dif- ficult and dangerous positions in the mill. To the workingmen he is ‘Bobby,’ and they all like and respect him: I suppose it will be three years yet before he graduates from the Workinan's Llouse, al:hough today he owns an interest in the. mill. A Solution of a Problem. “I speak of this at some length because I think that in this sort of thing we will find a solution for one of the vexing labor prob- lems of the day. It is getting to be more and more the custom for men at the head of a business to put their sons in at the bot- tom of the ladder and let them go up on intimate terms with their fellow workmen. A doctrine that I preach in season and out of season fs the need of greater co-operation and sympathy between employers and em- ployes. Our own mills are non-union, bu- we are not blacklisted by the labor organi- zations. We had no vestige of trouble dur- ing the great labor strikes two years ago, and when the strikers in Chicago said— excuse the expression: “fo h—1l with the government,’ there was a powerful revolt on the part of the more conservative work- ingmen among the provinces, where, after all, is to be found the bone and sinew of our national life. They were not in sym- pathy with the strike. That little story of mine called “The Scab’ was written to lay stress upon that very fact. “When our mills shut down for lack of raw material it was with the understanding that, if necessary, the workmen should all be sworn in as deputy sheriffs. They were more in favor of preserving order than of violating the law in any wa: Interested in Miss F ‘The conversation took p ler’'s handsome library. ‘Smoke, if you want to,” said Miss French, “My brothers all use tobacco, so 1 don't object, and I know a nian is always more at his ease when he has a cigar in his mouth.” Miss French's visit to Washington at this time is in a way connected with the forthcoming trial of Miss Flagler for the dea.h of little Ernest Green last summer. Miss French is deeply interested in the case, and sald this morning that if all the facts connected with it had been made public at the time of the shooting public feeling-toward Miss Flagler would have been more that of sympathy than criticlsm. In her opinion it was a mis- take to sequestrate Miss Flagler, for, a: said, newspapers must print what they can of a case like that, and, if they cannot get both sides, they are restricted to the publi- cation of only one. Mr. Green himself said,” continued Miss French, “while the sufferings of the Green family were bitter enough, they were no more severe than those of Miss F herself, over whose whole life a shadow has heen cast by that unfortunate occurrence No one who does not know her can realize how much she has suffered, and, as a friend of hers, I can only ask that the public be charitable as well as just in their estima tion of her.” Her Literary Career, At the request of The Star man, French talked interestingly of her own lit- erary career. “I began writing,” said she, ike many another, at an early age, and when I was at boarding school I surrepti- tiously sent off a number of literary efforts to the magazines, all of which were returned with thanks. No, not all of them, for through some. accident one of them got printed in Godey's magazine, and I was giv- en a six months’ subscription in payment. “L have never In after years received a check which gave me as much pleasure, My earller efforts were devoted for the most part to very heavy essays on ques- tions of sociology. I was a great student of history and political economy, but for three years I mad@ no additions to my lit- erary work. I read everything that I thought would improve my style, saw everything I could that I thought would inercase my powers of observation, and lit- erally worked hard at my preparation for a literary career. J wrate two very heavy essays on the subject of pauperism, and if I had my way today I would rather write history than fiction. Yet I suppose that fiction is the h'story of ordinary every-d: life and may b2 made just as true a pic- ture of our day and generation as a mo! laborious and ambitious effort. I sent one story at a time to the Century and the editor suggested that I would be wise to confine myself to short stories. I cannot that I wanted to altogether, but I r- alized that I might make from $100 to $300 r writing on social and economic tions, and as I enjoy spending rather more money than I receive as dividends from an iron mill I decided to take his ad- vice. Since then I have met with some de- gree of favor and success. All of my stor- les that I have written since that three years of rest have been printed somewhere, though not always where they were first sent. I have had stories that I sent to the leading magazines end up in a western we-kly paper and rece!ved $3.50 when I had counted on $50. Of course things are {!m- prove since then and now I have work contracted for several years ahead. “What are my Literary plans for the fu- ture? Well, I do not know that that Is a svcret, though it has not yet been formally announced. I have promised to write a series of short stories dealing with the labor questions that are before us at this end of the nineteenth century. Some will be ubout the employer, others about the employe None of t stories have been started as yet, however. How many stories have I written? Well, I really have 1a e in Gen. Flag- Mi: not the slightest !dea. My mother could tell you, but I don’t know. How do I work? ard. That is ail I can say about it. I ave been a hard worker all my life. When I was interested fh political economy, if I came across a statement that I did not think was true, I would wade through whole volumes of dry statistics to see whether it could be disproved. My later stortes have dealt largely with labor ques- tions, and 1 have tried to write them from the point of view of one who understands the subject. Her Nom de Plume. “How did I come to take the nom de plume of Octave Thanet? Well, really that was an accident. I was a little wary of having my identity known In the first place and made up mind to write under a ficti- tious name. Octave was the name of a school friend of mine. It is both French and Scotch. I thought if I could find an- other name to go with it that was both French and Scotch I would adopt that. I was riding on a irain one time when we stopped at a way station, and on the sid- ing near where I sat was a freight car painted red. On the side was chalked the word ‘Thanet.’ What it meant or how it got there I have not the slightest idea, but I decided then and there to adopt it. Lots of people still think that Octave Thanet is a.man, and I frequently get jetters like this: y dear Mr. Thanet. I have read your works and am sure you are a manly man.’ They usually contain a request for a small loan to be repaid in the near futuer.” The conversation then took in a number of other literary people and Miss French talked most entertainingly about authors of the day whom she knows. She is a gener- ous and admiring critic. Something was said of Miss Sarah Orne Jewett and her work in the field of the literature of New Englard. “Yes, and how beautifully she does tell her stories,” said Miss French. “Could anything be truer or more perfect than her pictures of life among the cold, hard, granite hills? So she spoke of va- rious people whose names are well known in the world of letters and art. not one captious word, suggestion of professional jealousy. uot the slightest She ‘found something in the works of each to ad- | mire ardently. uth is what I seek above all things said M French, in conciusion. “I story as it really is, and eally I do not try to write ‘purpose stories;’ se," s want to tell my describe things and people as they are. nor have they often a very pointed moral. I say what I have to say and let my read- ers draw their own conclusion. Yes, I have written much of western towns. I think it is in the villages and in the country dis- tricts that the best of our American citi- zenship can be found today, not in the big cities. I am_a believer in all things Ameri- can, and I believe that many of the social questions that vex us today may be solved without hard feeling or trouble if both sides try to understand each other. Sym- pathy and understanding are needed. eee RARE AUTOGRAPH FOUND. That of Lynch, One of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. From the New York Times. The rarest of all American autographs, that of Thomas Lynch, jr., one of the sign- ers of the Declaration of Independence, who was lost at sea soon after affixing his name to the famous document, has just been di covered in this city. Its authenticity he been verified\xby Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet. Who possesses one of the finest autograph collections in the world. The discoverer of the Lynch autograph is an old collector of autographs and book plates, who, like every other American coi- lector, has long sought the “missing link’ among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He had received a_ lar: consignment of book plates from Faris, in looking over them a few weeks ago, came across two plates hth ame Lynch signed in different handwritings. He at once recognized in one of the signatures that of the signer. When collectors started the work of co! lecting complete series of autographs of the signers of the Declaration, it was found at specimens of the writing of Thoma: Lynch, jr., were not to be had. A letter aidressed by Lynch to Washington, valued at hundreds of dollars, is the crowning ry of Dr. Emmet's collection. This let ter was used in authenticating the signa trre on the book plate. No sooner was iv proved genuine than Mr. W. E. Baillie, a wealthy citizen of Bridgeport, Conn., se ‘ed it. It is now in his collection in that ity, along with that of the elder Lynch who was a distinguished statesman and an ardent patriot. SSS EUROPE. DIVORCEES I ded From Court Pre- me Countries. They Are Ex sentations in S From the Chicago Record. Divcrcees are increasing in number at such a rate on this side of the Atlantic that, in view of the custom of well-to-do Americans to spend a portion of their lives in European capitals, it ray be well to give a few words of warning as to which are the courts where they will be excluded and those where they will be weleome. I am perfectly aware that scme of my fair readers may argue that di- vorces secured in this country do not con- cern European royalty. Nor do they as long as the divorcee do not ¢ ve presentation and admission to the royal and imperial courts of the old world. But the moment she asks to be presented and looks for per- mission to attend drawing rooms and other ceremontous functions her antecedents be- come a matter of relative importance *o the authorities of the court which she proposes to honor with her presence. Of course, no one expects for an instant that the chamberiains at the head of the royal and imperial households can keep track of all the innumerable marriages which are legally dissolved on this side of water and may occasionally permit h a past to penetrate the sacred of the sovereign’s abode. But th ith antecedents of this character precine’ burdened always run the risk of the disgrace of sub-. sequently seeing an official publication in the government gazette and in the local press to the effect that their presentation w: celec This has happened to two New York ladies in Lendon. They had been duly presented, when ody who happened to b acouainted with the fact t the divorcees communicaied the informatio the lord chamberlain, with the result that a al gazette con agraph dated from the lord cham- n’s oflice, and intimating that her ma- s that the presentation and anceled. This was ecuivalent to tne closing against them of every door in Europe which they might wish to enter. Of all courts those most strict in their ex- clusion of divorcees are the English and the ‘Austrian. There is but one exception made by Queen Victoria to this rule, namely, in favor of her goddanghter, the Marchioness of Blandford, first wife of the late Duke of Marlborough; and there is likewise but one exception at the court of Vienna, Countess Marie Festetics, the sister of the late Duke of Hamilton, and whose first husband the now reigning Prince of Monaco. At Berlin divorcees are discriminated against, although exceptions are very nu- merous. Queen ‘.ouise of Denmark will not tolerate them at the court of Copenhagen, nor Queen Regent Christina at the court of Spain. But they are welcome at the court of King Humbert, where, although divorce is not legally recognized by the law of the land, there is no royal prejudice against it. ° : ngs Fatal Snake Dream. Globe-Democrat. was: Arm From the John Armstrong, a wealthy frait grower of Ocala, met his death in a remarkable manner recently Mr. Armstrong and a number cf friends wi hunting, and Arm- ‘rong had a desperate battle with a rattle- snake, but escaped being bitten. The fight with the reptile made a deep impression on Armstrong,and one night around the camp- St. Lou! fire he talked of nothing else. fter the hunters lay down around the fire Arm- strong still talked of the snake. About 12 o'clock the sle were roused by screams of aj ms came from Armstrong, who had dreamed that the snake was after him, and he had rolled into the fire. When his companions awoke Armstrong was enveloped in flames, and he was shoutin, ‘ake the snake away! Don’t let it bite me!’ The unfortunate man was pulled out of the fire, but too late to save his life. He had been burned so badly that he di in @ short while: He did uo’ seem to realize that he had been burned, but continued to scream that the snak after him. If THE CARE OF THE HAIR WERE MADE A part of a lady's education we should not see so many grity heads, und the use of Hall's Hair le- newer Would be unnecessary. There was IN FRANZ JOSEF LAND. Details by Jackson of the Discoveries Last Summer, From the London Standard. The Windward reached Franz Josef Land in safety, and now that she has returned, we may gather the scattered threads of the story told in Mr. Jackson's létters to Mr. Alfred Harmsworth, at whos> expense the expedition was sent out. In this first march, but the second journey northw son proved that our knowledge « erm part of Franz Jose nd is, whole, very inaccurate. The careful map which he has been able to make not only reveals lands in Austria sound unnoticec by Payer, but also gives a very different character to the coast lines as in the maps of the Austrian exped . AS a matter of fact, it seems that Mr. Jackson has followed a route of his own, oaly coim- ing at intervals into connection with that which P; pursued twenty years ago, and he write: We have entirely altered the map and character of a great portion oi Franz Josef Land, and have found a sea and islands where mainland was supposed to exist. We have also carefully mapped Markham sound, and, of course, laid down our route to the furthest point we reached $1 degrees 20 minutes north. Markham scund and the country further north are tetally different from what Payer’s map represents them to be, and the character of the small portion of Zichy Land, which borders on Markham sound, is absolutely unlike the description published in the nar- rative of the Austro-Hungarian expedition Moreover, the mountains in that work can- not be observed even on the clearest day.” In this journey north Mr. Jackson was abie to take with him not only a sufficient quantity of stores to form three well equipped depots, but he actually succeeded in depositing as far north as 81 degrees 21 minutes two boats for use at the latter end of the summer. Many observations for latitude and longi- tude were taken to fix the positions during the journey, and a number of most inter- esting geological specimens were collected from those rocks which were not covered with ice. The formation proved almost trely basaltic. In the last letter written previous to the departire of the ship for England, Mr. Jackson speaks most enthusiastically of the prospects of the journey which he was about to make north in the Mary Harms- worth. A number of the most interesting photographs have been sent back by the Windward, together with such trophies of the winter sojourn in the arctic as polar bear skins, walrus tusks and the like. A sketch map of the route taken by the ex- pedition has also arrived safely, together with many geographical details of the expedition, which willbe shortly given in a paper before the Royal Geographical Society. The scientific observatiéns have been kept regularly through the winter and summer and promise to contribute a re markable chapter to the natural Mistory of the arctic region: The Windward will return to Franz Joset land next June, taking with her supplies for at least two years, and a small and carefully picked band of men to assist those now left behind in a region which promises so much in the way of discovery and ad- venture. a LEARNING TO SING. Helen Keller, the Blind and Deaf Girl, Adding to Her Accomplishments. From the New York Heraid. Helen Keller, the deaf and blind girl who has been rendered famous by the triumph of special sense development over her in- firmities, is now completing her education in a private school for the deaf in New York city. I had an interesting conversa- tion with one of the principals of the schoo! a day or two ago. He said that since the girl had been under his care he had bee teaching hes to sing with great suce: Placing her fingers on the threat of a sin- ger, she is able to follow notes covering two octaves with her own voice. I mean rat she sings synchronously with her in- structor. The only difference between her voice and that of a normal person is in its resonant qualities. So acutely developed has her sense of touch become that by plac- ing her hand upon the frame of a piano she can distinguish between two notes not, more than half a tone apart. The gentleman to whom I have referred above said that the mind of Helen Keller owing to the special efforts which had been made to educate her, was far more finely develope! than that of any girl of her age that he knew. He aso spoke of the re- markabie development of her senses of taste and smell. He said that she was always conscious of the presence of another per- scn, no matter how noiseless his entrance into the room in which she was at the time beirg. He explained this knowledge by the acuteness of her sense of smell. She is able to detect presence by odor. He said her sense of taste was very pronounced, and that she could not be persua ied to take food which she disliked. He told me something else about her sense of touch which seems miraculous to me—weil acquainted as I am with all the possible developments of special senses. By acing her hznd on the face of a visitor, e is able to detect shades of emotion which the normal human eye absolutely fails to distinguish. In other word sense of touch is developed to such quisite extent as to form a better eye for ber than are yours or mine fer us. And s judgments of char- ght.” —+30— PUSSY'S FATAL FISHING, Desperate Efforts to Make Gold Fish Her Prey. From the New York Herald. Two small boys wildly gesticulating ard uttering shrill cries of encouragement in front of a delicatessen store in upper 34 averfue a Sunday afternepn recently at- tracted a crowd of persons. In the window was a-large globe of gold fish, on cither side of which was a pyramid of canned goods. On top of one of the pyramids, which was a few inches higher than the rim of the globe, a half-grown cat was alaneing herself. The iaost glance left no deubt as was doing there, for he ‘fixed on the globe, while ntened fish were ing round and round, in a in at- tempt to escape from their crystal prison. quite a difficult job even for a_cat nee herself on the upturned end of of tomatoes. Then it was a long downy to the edge of the globe. More than a score of times the cat tried it. nit seemed 2s if she had leaned so far forward that it woull be impossible for her to regain her equilibrium, but a cat is quite at home at this trick, and the sup- pressed “Oh!” of the smail bors would change to an exultant “hoo each time the cat performed it. At last, in one of hi back, the cat was more clumsy than usual, and, making a couple of wild claws in the air, she upset the top can, and the whole pyramid came tumbling down in a clatter. It looked as if the fun w n end, and many of the assembled crowd had moved when the cat reappe ed and began t attempt this time she fot one of her paws on the rim of the globe. It was a long reach, and everybody could see that the cat was stretched out to almost her full lenz w back was out of the question. this as well as the spectat ed a mom to ga r ES for- s very narrow, her front anded beyond it, and in an in- cat pitched head first into the 1 shout announced to those on the of the crowd what had happened, and everybody pushed and shoved to sce hat the cat would do. It w y to Fee she was in a bad predi ent. The globe, which narrowed with a sharp curve ard the top, was only two-thirds full of mming round and at the s: round, clutching wi in earch of a purcha hav and ieap right up through the top of the globe, he kept on swimming as long as ¢ ad any strei and when she 1ojled over on her back and turned up her to even the two mall beys slink away with te: in their eye oe SSS Precocious Maid. Fron: the Roston Budget. A precocious little maid of about five went to church one Sunday recently with her mother, a devout member and regular at- tendant of the Episcopal Church, | The litue sat very quietly and de- | murciy through all the long service, but her quick little ears and bright little brain wer not so quiet as was indicated. After tl ervice she looked up ‘nto her mot! face, and “Mamma.” she asked, “they say ‘Ah men’ so much; why they ever say ‘Ah lady?” SS THE EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers’ of the City Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE - of WASHINGTON: does not Strive to Divide the Community into Classes, and Array one class Against the others; Contains : the Latest and — Fullest Local and General News; and . Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybody. 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