Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-08
A Mystery About q VIII.
CCRf0us CONTEST LOST Will. Ann AN TN
KNOWN HTrR "

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KNOWN HEIR.
The pl obate OF the will OF the late Isaac Ache.
son, OF this city, promises TO develop some very
peculiar features, and perchance much litiga-
uon Mt. Acheson died last spring In this civ.
AID was possessed OF an estate valued ar about
$4,000. The will offered for probate makes no
provision for child or children OF the deceased,
but it is claimed that he did have child suryfy.
ing him. 10 whose favor he executed second
aud last will and testament In December, ISIS.
AZ this stage the case involves a mystery. A
Mrs. Dew ey, the wife OF DIR. Dewey, now IN Bos-
ton. got Mr. Edmund Z. Price TO draw an afflda-
VII for her, In which she states that the deceased
committed to her custody this VIII OF December
last, which she had partially read, and the con-
tents OF which she vaguely remembers at least
10 lne extent or knowing that IL provided for O
child ana for sister OF the deceased living
IN Brooklyn, and that IL also cut of all tho
leeatees named fn the will offered for probate
IheSe latter are represented by several LAWYERS
AFTER reading the will. Mrs. Dewey AYERS that
sne locked II up IN her trunk ana left ft In her
room the door OF which was unsecured. She
further states that when she forced the trunk
open, which she was obliged ultimately to DO,
having lost the key, she discovered that the Will
with some OF her personal property, had been
distracted. At this point all trace OF the lost
VIII and OF its specific contents seems TO have
Deen lost An examination or witnesses before
Probate Clerk Mckenna, at the surrorates
ofhce, shed DO further light ON the subtect and
al adlournment was taken to enable Col. Geo.
H. Hart WHO appeared on behalf OF the un.
KNOWN or w discovered child OF the deceased to
ascertain tie name OF The lawyer who drew the
" AL, auu alsO Inc names ana Whereabouts q
TIE witnesses 10 Its execution. without the pro.
auction OF whom it will be impossible 70 estab.
iish the heritage CT the child.-IN. Y. Times.
AN EXPERIMENT IN OPIUM SMoKrHs.-Opium
smoking, 1t seems, falls far short, after all OF
those many delights which it rs popularity SUP.
posed TO afford. one Herr Maclay, In the course
or stay at Hong Kong, has made an experf-
ment upon bis own body which should be con-
sldereo pretty conclusive. After fasting IS
hours, lie smoked % pipes. holding Ia al l0J
grains OF the opium used by the chinese. 1t IL
interesting TO know that after the third pipe he
ceased 10 feel hungry, that the fifth left him
unable TO walk about comfortably, the seventh
pIougnt Els pulse down from 80 to 20, the twelfth
Saused singing In the ears, and the thirteenth a
ne nt Oh aaghty Twenty-Five pipes affected
MS hearing, but within an hour after the trial.
which had only lasted about l6O minutes. Ia
was abe 10 walk home and go 10 bed where be
slept SO sounoly as TO wake up fairly fresh and
hungry next morning. The point especially to
oe noted Is that during the whole experiment
ne had no dreams or Authorizations OF any sort
whatever. Opium smoking is accordingly a
I&llure Ia this respect. II does not even equal
Tie study OF politics as producer OF Illusions
ILondon Telegraph, june 26.