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SIG HfRHoR,s sENs.irfoy.
Something for the Inhabitants to Talk about
while shut out from the ogld by snow.

Mr.. c. w. Payne is merchant OF sag
llnbor; he l. also President Of the village
trustees, and agent frr the cueunhcr-wood
pumps. DR.. Peter Roosevelt johnson, formerly
a practising physician Of Broohlyn, l. now also
an teemcd resident of the village. \ short
time ago lac purchased a pump Of Nj. Payne.
lAe pump was placed in position, but, owing
To slight detect, did not work Then
llr John-on, Who i. u passionate man.
went To VI, Payne store with the intention Of
calling that gcntleuan L. account Tor the sun
posed iIhud. After being called "a liar aud yari.
GUS 9TH orpr9hloua cpthct-, tine latter gentle
man attempted 10 eject the doctor from the
store. just - the two reached the door the
doctor turned, and, with a small pcn-kuife. with
which lac had been cleaning MI nails struck
saNHgely AZ Mr.. Payne, stdbhing Him three time,
in the back, once in the shoulder and once in
HE face. Mr. Payne staggered award, and
Dr. johnson walked away to hi- home. The
trouble was on Wednesday, aud until Friday
afternoon Mr. Payne was confined To- the huu-e; ;
but he Is now attending to business, apparently
none the worse f., lir cuts.
with the snow blockade, II has formed the
theme Of conversation Of the sag IiaIbor eossips
Ior the last week, ia which time they have been
dependent upon their own resources for news.
On Friday nisht the first traveller who had ap
pcarcd in Their midst since Monday forced lls
way through the snow from RNcrhcad. lie
took with him "a copy Of TIM SIS of that day.
This paper was read by at least half Of the VII %
lase, and Was worn 10 -hrcds.
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FRENCH ARMS AGAIN.
Nice Question Of Law aud International
Morals Before the Courts.


r. schuyler and others, growing oui Of the sale If
arms to the French Government. during the
Franco Prussian war, came w before Judge
Sp'ir. In the superior Court, yesterday, ou a
motion L. direct the referee TO make additional
specific findings Of fact. The plaintiff Is com
mission merchant ia Paris, the defendants,
Schuyler Hartley \ Graham. are the W,ll Anpwn
New Nor, dealers in arms and military goods.
The plAiAt.G states in his comllliut that, ia
the summer of $50 he was the general cuisines.
correspondent Of defendants Co Paris, buying
goods Tor them at i've per cent. commission on
July ., l,;Q, they wrote him 10 sell for them in
France certain arms and military goods agree
ing To- pay him the difference between certain
prices stated and the prices which should be- OH
tanned upon the sale; they also offered 10 cell
nm at me SAM lice any oi III, se g"odI., AZ
them To the French Government many thou
sands 81 these arms tor about $spON. His
commission ON these sales, Mr.. May claims, was
sphtji.
The defendants admit writing the letter re-
fcIred To. bu' deny that the sales were effected
10y May. On July 9, when the letter Was written.
there va. IeAfe between France and Prussia.
tifel the legal ana commercial status OF Affairs.
Rendering Illegal and invalid any sale OF arms or
mIiitrl gu.d, 10y "a citizen Of the United States
schuyler. Hartley & Graham. thinking all
arrangement. entered into before the war can
ccilcl, sent their agent TO France. and he mado
the -ilc- referred to. having mot arranged To-
compensate May for aiding him. The defend
ants Insist That MAY wls iulll paid Tor As sur-
Vice..
For further defense. They say that. though
My agreed e. aid REYNOLDS eNolu-N-h he
tclogrnphed samuel Remington L. come 10
France; ia consequence ol which Remington
snll lrrsc quauiiiie- Of arms and military goods,
IN iIding suine Of The very arms mentioned In
the letter - july g. To the great Gvfilmcut ul de-
frudant-. They, therefore, put Ia "A counter
claim Tor slutwo They further LAY that the
contract with May, il there was one, Vas unlaw-
fui and Void.
the plautif. m reply, -ays hi- teleernphing -
and al the request Of the French Goyorn-
u at. and thai Il was done ia the Interest oi de-
fDndAuta.
The rrfcree. Mr. William MITCHELL found tn.
facin substantially Is claimed los the pluntin.
awarding hlm Stat.au,. The appeal viii be
q. -Acd ~ tl.c General Term.
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4 Parry of Poor shots.


party OF Northern gentlemen. headed
10y tue President uf the Hartford and New
Haven Rllll1id, nave been hunting along tae
lina Of the Raleigh and CAST IA Rulrold Tor the
= 4 week, and departed Yesterday for their
Northern homes. Ihey came un an clrg at
fnilnldh ear, win Kitchen depuftm' M attached,
ana IN TINS car ate ana slept, Ihcy brought
thell own guns aud dog, ana seemed to tul ~
lheir r'cro 4tinn ana sport very er a'N. TIcy
ana Their car STONED tnreo q Ns nj Manson, on
tho nae u the road, and here they found cti-
zen VINO hgr'ed - 20 hunting with them. lie
stun Il his hreerhes down in his boo - Shout
ncr,d an old iauzllr loading shotgun, and start
ed ult, ana that uisht il was found. on a far
count, that the man with the boots had killed
my el!ht bros, while the NuItAeru gentlemen
had KILLED three.
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ft1p. ne SW frdncirO CiroHicis.
life Insurance companies have suddenly
grown into oulecrs OF SUSPICION, ak sun rlnten-
dents from V.Ilnus rtates having been in 50 10
cmn concaVe during the lst week with osed
mouths, It II trur, hut 1th such significant
retlre &c as to prov nKc the curiosity Of policy
holders. or late years life Insurance has been "A
faynTlte Investment Win commercial men, and
the recent failure Of the Continental, followed
by Troublesome rumots touching the bankruptry
OF Others, has destroyed confidence in many
mammoth cpmutlic-. whose ! litiLl mansion.
OuiNic In fplenIpr other public edilces
Next 10 the stNIuls banks, nc Insurance as-
SothllonS attract the most general attention, ns
many families are almost wholly dependent
upon cndoWmrnts and pu,ifies Tor heir supp nrt
~ he event ol the deceaSc II their heads. SIX
companies are ~ he Investigated forthwith, ana
Tears are eely expressed IA Al Ave among them
Will prove unable tu pass the ordcal. one which
last ye1r announced surplus OF over half a mi
hon, l. known 10 nave a million la ondoWments
payable during We cont ng year. ana H. virtually
m bankrupt condition. The commissions,
pnd for several years TO agents hava bccl
ldttuloualy nnrmous. while rVerN body with "A
I'll iuslhe tongue has been uTrssel into the apen-
q, serNice-retlrcd ministers, travelling drum
mtfS, ana even parton iCra acting a. representa-
tlNes OF lnsuiing nrms. A lirge majority nf
poncy holueIs d't cicrAs at present unc. pluyo
ahd unable t. pay me inst aim nts rrgiI'arl
and hence Inc policies fall INTO tine hands OF
s.ucuialuIs, WHO generally insist M u their re
NrcnCnt wucro possible. Another class Of the
assured nre tue wc-to-dp Germans, among
NnOln agents Ahd rouuy th- lpluuIs, but the most
uheOmpronlslug creditors.
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Actors aud Oid Age.

Speaking of age, we see that the great
actors lived to more than an average age, one
reason being that u be a great actor qlires
unusual strength and WEALTHY. John phip
kemulo reached siNtV-siX years, while nj d,
brother Charl WIS seventy nine years old.
Mrs, SiddOns died ht eighty-slX years old Jul
mus Iifutus Booth. Notwithstanding his drunk
cnncss, passed his tfty-tith year. Charles N can
lived ton years longer. aud Macresdy lasted
tai eighty years old Charlotte Cushrnnu
died at SIXTY years of age, and Edwin Forrest
at sixty-hve years. Tom Ilamulin renched
nearly TIE same age. Goins a little further back
we md IN GnrlIck lived to sixty-three years,
ana lictterton 70 seventy i've ye rs ~ age. Bar
ton R10th, OF Pope's dav, was the shortest lived
OF any actor of note, next 10 kean. lie was
only MY two at tho time Of his DEATH Al a
general thing play actors have seldom come
under the criminal list, but their social sins are
sufficiently Migrant. No actor of note has ever
reached the death penaiy. except Wilkes Booth,
who stands In solitary inf any.
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WINE SHE WIS INSANE.
Verdict Against the VI inngcmcni of Grcul
savings Bank.

The Blocker Street Savings Bank APP
penred as a q fend int recently ucf)ro Judge
Aker. In 1877 Ann McNnr dep ,slted her
money In the hanks viults, and the bank held
1t IN her maiden ntme even after her second
mari we. Her second husband is James Crys.
tie, shoemak r. On the l2.h OF January. 1875.
she charged that her husband h I'd drugsed her.
Sne WAS ken to llelleY 40 lIl-p.til. ana ne-
coming VI plenfy insane, was confined IN a trait
jacket IN a ell. Her husband mad frequently
requested her 10 GIVE HIN the money tnat she
had on ,pp-lt m TN Hrorkrr Street savings
Bank. ana while she WAS IN the hospital he Oh
tanned her hank book and, going u the ho-pi.
tai inIucrd her wnle insane To sign au order
p is-ing the money over to hlm
On the l3,h of January nephew Of Mrs. Crys-
tie, knowing thIt the bank book was mi ssing
warned the bank, uil 'crs, but on the l6th ot
the same month through some misihk, they
paid the money 10 CrN-u-. The jury gave Nrs.
try-lie $40. being prnclDu anu interest to tne
date Of the verdict.
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sewer runs parallel TO IL for a hundred Yards or
So, on It's way 70 JOnes's Falls. There are but
the two thicknesscs 81 the walls between them
ut some points. The rushing OF the water after
rain could be heard distinctly in the tunnel.
AMI HIT would give Won the semhlance OF the
sound Of rushing train" " liut, how did tn Il
sound reacn HeydeckerT" 1T ~es projected
g. hin through the spe Aims tu1c Of tur tunnel,
according 20 well known acoustic principles In
certain 81 ties Of the atmosphefe." But the
lignisF " The iebt, In some cases, may nave
been reflections upon the volume II smoke.
Us ialiv IN the tunnel from the actual lights ~
the trdin--ln other cases. am inclined to believe
That they may have piOceeded from exh 4latiUns,
Ike ignCS fdtuL" bat exUlain what Guriity
and the trainps saw" Frirht-over-excted
imaginai ion xaageration." "And the rest Is
- All acOusticoi ana optical IllusiOn.'
NV friend may be rIsht. but suOud prefer
not to sleep In the tunnel, though ! often irdv-
erse the haunted soction-neariy evory DAY, IN
iact-but IN the smoking car OF auJ thing cso
but a phantom train.
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HORSE NOTES.

Five hundred Indian ponies wcrp sold In st.
fanl' MIMI, ilsl wees al from ~ ~ $40 clch.
y. W; GRAY of Bropkyn has purchased from
MI ~ ~ Nlu7 thN GROWN Stallion l.ar sag.
col McDluiel IA, disposed II hi iutercst I'm
MAdse ahd Nlrglnin- t. II. .. Barnard OF this city
Mr.. Wallace Pierce of Sharnsyillc, Pa, has sold
$1,000.
The trotung geldns Dick Swveler was sold
W'tLp 10y Nark - lnsN Vrth 10 John +. rrOw Of
boston Tor ABOUT 81 900.
Caroline. owned 10y MIR Belmont Of this city.
wns recently alta ne hY th Slrlffui Norfllt count,
Va aud forwarded 10 New York To her owner
X ). Ntrduer Of Lexington, Nv, sold for i rs
y, IN gan 70 W. Robert Bonner of iii. Clly me won.
lcru Tour YearIid hay colo Enc, WHEN Inc tastes,
hhe "A record tpI a iluI lclrVli, 2:sStJ,
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Tom " atsOn.

Thomas Watson, uncOuih and seventeen, was
arralgned IN the Fiflyseycnth rect Police Court on
Satur w, the complaint Of trick Barry Of First
avenue and sey ntleth street Mr.. Barry passing
ny Avenue \, and Watson threw chunk Of Ice
~ mt his ~ ,ur.
"wna. have ylu got to say ?" ASKED Ju .tice otter.
huurs ~ ihc pri-unHr
"Nunu AK me muiher," was The reply.
" Mnrre 40 You llyrf'
" Dunno AK me- muthrr.
" where uo' your m Ither lvep"
" Dunno "A uvr"
How OH are Won ."
II ItnO uu'hrr'
" Nil Nou ht ave n lat III 20 -
" Dunno IA iuH nufu| o., ten YOU
Nitsou Wa Iuui tod for ihrer months Whom
ASKED Why hr dli npt have the hole IN sea- Of ls
nut.Crln 49,
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.fQU.ITIC NOTES.

Mr.. Ford has sold the schooner Leatha to par
ties IN lhllidcphm.
Mr.. :. W. Ml's schooner Vcsta will be lcng H.
ened astcrn and raised TINS inter.
Nr. Daniel Edgar vii, build small keel
Mnans.
tenr-Comm odorc Centre, y. Y. Y. c., contem-
ptl' nuldlng an ron cutter ~ fcrt long, ~ feet 10
nc1es beam, n y feet 10 inclcs draugnl VI water
she VIII le the largest lpup 100 tai, country.
NachtSmen winners in the Centenni1l regattas
are growl hg because the Centennial Commission haa
HtN presenter NE up Illas ami m'dgls pr 'iis Il.
Ne" YORK iaehtsnen paid the entire expenses these
rusat,as.
Columbia, Cornell Princeton. and other coll
lr@r IN ihr Mode state WI pgoDshly form
1ll2h IN Opposition to tnI formed 10y the coleg u
,hr NrW england states. An at mp VIZ be made tn
tuc ~ uc l'lOn
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our COTTON TRADE,
Free Labor and Small Forms English RIVAL
nv In tbo Market-Mr. Atlsinson's Fiuurcs


Mr.. Edward Atkinson of Boston has
presented to the foreign commissioners who at
tended the Centennial Exhibi ion sixty cases OF
smples Of American cotton fabrics for distri-
button abroad. aud with each case a catalogue
containing much valuable Information about
cotton and the cotton trade.
In 1875 the cotton factories Of the United
States ran 9,53e,3si spindles, which consumed
67G.74'753 pounds OF cotton, or an average Of 134
pounds per capita. Before the civil war our ex-
ports consisted almost wholly of warp and heavy
sheetinRs and drillings, which were shipped to
India, China, Africa, and South America Dur
ing the war this export trade practlo ily ceased.
Even before the war II was considerably imped-
ed by the practice adopted in some competing
countries OF forging the stamp, tickets, names,
and other trade marks Of American goods, and
placing them on goods Of very Inferior quality.
This rascally practice s,ili continues, and petit
lions have been recently sent to the American
Secretary Of State praying that the protection OF
trade marks may be made subject of treaty
stipulation.
since tho nrst shipment to Gre,t Britain Of
our nne and medium fabrics In 1875. our goods
nave found their way into many countries where
they have not been sold before, and, as their
eign demand ste Oily Increases. We own the
great cotton ned OF the world, and this n Id,
under the free ! Dor system. Is producing crops
fore the war. THIS 10 demonstrated bv the foi-
lowing data; From 18ji-Sj TO 1sG0-61, during
seven years OF slave LABOR, the cotton croo
amounted to % 12S,gi2 bales, of whoh 10 96j.0,l
bales were exnortod during seven years uf free
labor from 1880 20 TO 1909, the number OF oales
raised was 2Iltp.3y4, OF. which 1S,1S92ll were ex-
ported. Hero we have an excess under free la
eor Of 1,3i342 Gales. and an increase Ia the
home cosunptiOn OF 25i93l2 bales.
one OF the most notable signs Of progress In
sne cuitvation Of cotton Is the great Increase OF
small iarms 10 the South on which the head Of
the fauily culivates from five to TWENTY-FIVE
acres OF cotton, To do the picking of which MS
wiie and children are perfectly competent.
Beng neaf the cotton ncld, W. have udapted
our machinery more to the best and most sub
stantial STABLE fanrcs and less to the fine ones
thht depend upon fancy ana fashion for their
sale. We work from 90 to % pounds on an aver
age to e.ch spindle. wncrcss Va Great Britrin the
average Is only from JjN t. 30. Our machinery
IS, besides, better adapted to makinR honest aud
durable fibrics than that elsewhere used.
According to Ellison n CO.'S annual report Of
the cotton trade for 1900. the number of spin
dies in Europe and Americl, and the average
annual consumption, are az follows:
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A Combat Between n Lion and Bull.


LIMA, Peru, Dec. ia singular combat
took place IN the Plaza de Acho. or Bun Ring of
Lima. on SUNDAY last. The event was "a struggle
1nr supremacy between an African lion and a
Peruvian blll. The proverbial courage aud dex-
terltY OF the last named animal failed To pro
dure the Requisite effect upon his 'wnY antag-
uulst. ana after few Intellectual attempts to
dislodge the lion from the nrm hold he had
tnken on the bulls throat and nose, the cham
pion OF Peru quietly lay down aud became food
- his ll~a.0r.
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DYING MrRDARER,s CURSE.
lie Thanks God that his Victim is Dead.-A
Fearful scene.


The Coroner held an inquest yesterday
morning upon the body OF Andrew J. C1nro the
Carpenter VINO was murdered by his fellow
workman, Barber on Wednesday evening. Spe.
cial ofioer raso testified that when Barber was
told tnti Como : living tie said: He may
live to obtain possession Of the object he onbed
me of, out II 1--we viii KIN him II Il takes nltV
cir.
Coroner Swan said to the jury that he saw the
dead BODY In the hallway OF the lodging house
on the night Of the murder. lie continued: ~
had MN removed e. the civ Prs IA Hospital,
ana ~ the absence OF the regular physiciln was
cilled upon professionally u attend the case. |
10 ini two pist ol --not wounds IN his chest, one
LIST above and the other below the LETT nippIc
Ihe reaction had not then set IN, and he appear.
cd rational. lie stated that he was an Old Fel-
low, and also a Pas Ca .ncalor IN the knights
OF lNthils. lie was very prOfanc, ANA IN nliud-
Ing To Ccnro said: NJ y the curse OF Christ ever
llstin-iy rest uuon nim lie has made me sweat
tunes II Como was certainly dead, ana n they
were not footing him. Upon Dein. tuli that II
was "A fact. he SAID: i am tAanhful 10 God for
" lie then asked II he had made sure work OF
hiW.e.i ana waen told inst ~ would die he
4 Mas no play. ltw auehper tte act OF mine.
II ala hung I II net ~ lenl. went there to do
and shot him. | shot myself. MI YOU be
kihi enough to pat the remaining bali into
me. ana MAKE sure worN OF IT,. IL - better
ing hum
he Coroner added that he had mover wit
h'H'ci su'n "a ltIIlplf >Cen'. ie lN there ours
ins the dcld man cOntinu lily IN "A way IN Il
would maze persons blood run cold. He
informed tue JIry that Barber would probably
cle.
The jury returned verdict OF murder against
Bar1cr without leaving the room.
rae unuhpp, btlhcr tossed On his couch all
dav yes erday In continual pain. or ing Ike a
enid when yer any sud ten movements OF hi
BODY Increased his pain. lie maintained his
moody spirit. rejecting the pr0rcred attentions
OF the nurse win mu.tered curses. McGann.
". man VINO Wa sh1t ~ the arm IN an altertd-
ton Win his wiir, sought to soothe ms com pan
lou IN misfortune, but his advances were not
Kindly received. no wretcnel man fingered
IN great agony until a few moments before d last
evening, Mueu H. al ID.
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An American Ctizrn Overthrowing a Next
can STATE Government.
Nom ne san Tmcl,co c1ron1-l

\ reporter interviewed GOV. Nilagrana,
the dethroned cnIcf ~ lower California, yester.
uu}, ana the pphtical Complications u Mexico.
me q 'vcrn n was reticrnt us to his movements =.
- ~ DO Noteno who ~ successfully ousted
hls Ifrcr-sor. /. "A naive Californian hid "a cttt-
zen ~ me ulted states. lie speaks L. lgish
IN manner OF doing business revolutionary
business not lncluded), and Spani Ii IA MS domes-
ne ana moral attributes. lie will mold 10 tue
p1we: he has, ana II may TO proclaim himself
Dictator OF Lower California
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James Cum inss "A member OF the Osceola
Gun, an orsanl2 tion known to the flfY.ninth street
police az " the Forty Imeyes" was convicted IN TIE
General So NOn. Oi burglary Thpnis HeyAoids, who
Keen .alon az 80 East Thirty siNth strict, D..
gpol
" lloyd you snow ~ ?" he was asked.
"Mcl ne rrplnl, "he USED to up htls for drinks
and no Always PAM"
j. mat all wa anOw about his chtIncter2"
Ih1l Nas enough ~ convince nv, cir"
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COL. TERMILYE'S WILL,
Disposiug of over "a Million Doilars-BeQucsts
TO Religious Societies.

to Religious societies.
The will OF Col. Washington II. vermilye
has been admitted to probate In Hackensack.
II provides for the investment OF ss5,po for tho
benefit Of his sister, Joanna NJ. Ruton; S2j,O0
for the benefit Of Robert u. am. MarsaraI NJ
u----"yo, S=o,vO for the benefit of Rebeoca
Iiathorne, and $500 for the benefit OF Henrietta
ID. Sprague Direct bequests are made OF slO,vo
TO Jacob d. Nermilye s2.OoO to Martha 7. Wood;
$1,000 to Margaret Mckinley; $1,000 Jane Smith
To- the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions
sluW; to the Presbyterian Board Of Home
Missions. sa'NJ; American Tract society. Sj.OOO;
New NurN Eye and Ear Inlrinary S2.JlO: North
crn D.pcnshry. New York, Sl.5l: society for
Aged and Disabled presDy teran Ministers, Sj,OVU:
aud to maintain the interest ~ ii. son. ". Il.
Ncmihe. In the New York house. S2Iup lie
bcqueatli- plot Of ground to the EnglewoOd
Presbyterian thur, b, aud the entire remainder
son and daughter. The estate Is estimated al
one million dollars.
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The cotton used IN the United States Is ex-
clustvely American. and IN Gre { Britain mostly
american, while In tho other countries Of
Europe the cot on consumed Is partly Egyp-
tan ana partly American. One question now.
however u not, snail we supply au ever iDcreas
IL IL, Snail We supply even moderate pronor-
tohI Our most t"rmdab rival Ia the IN lIket
Is. 81 course, Great Britain, which in 1874 ox-
ported about - per cent. OF her manufactures,
or about 4tO.OOJOl yards OF cotton cloth, of
the Tue Of S4lO,O0OO00 IN gold. In the same
year the expOrtatiOn OF cotton goods from
the United States did not exceed 5O,OOJ,O0O
yards, OF the value OF 81, 4sj Os1. But, with our
cumbrous TAX system, our deprecated currency.
"a ot nerwi.a2
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drrrtY ny, Sod. Z 10 ga sii4rs OF America.
"what is the Court in hesy' asked the 70.
porter.
Vel. dtt sh hero. Disis II"
" Are you the head and founder of it2'
"Ya."
"wnat has the Queen Of England to do with
~"
ven, that ish another court. Dis is like any
court"
what arc you going TO do with itf"
"Ncll. Won see sone time. ! can no ex 1lain."
Finally Mr. WcstphM produced uampnlet In
German containing the eiiht mystic kcy-, but
refused 10 translate or expliin them. The
plmuhlct T. fun OF curious di-ser itions On love
duty, truth, g. II contains various forms Of
oaths. incudins marriage vows. IAes arr trcnt d
u under four lie DIS. In one paragraph a list of
coor- with their translation for tho use OF the
obligations" /, given a. tollpwr; "White, luuo-
cencc; blue. fIith; bla X, ohscurity; ash color,
sorrow; brown, ndeliN green, hope; yellow,
freedom; red. love-
one Of tho keys i. made M OF a string Of
mysterious 1gures aud another is In a strang
lnngungc. The wnole book appears to be a Kind
of rhapsody on society and human relations
The neighburs Of Mc-tph Il say he Is unmarried.
lie has lived IN his present place three yelrs,
has pad his rent punctnallV and done a good
business as aw ltchmAlter. and has never breach
ed his theories or Explained his mystical court"
To those around MIN.