Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22
Miners SuperstitiOns.

A reporter was talking with an old
miner recently, who implicitly believed
that no death ever took place in the
mines without warning Of some kind.
You see," he said, death never
comes of sudden upon the men in the
mines. You reporters write up acct
dents, and how something gave way or
fell quick and killed somebody. Now,
this amt so. There's always some
warming. When I see my lantern be-
gin to burn low down and blue, lSlnow
that there is danger ahead. II ink ems
on for n few days, and then begHS1
waver and flicker, I'll watch it close to
see where it points. Now, you may set
me up for fool, but what I'm tellin is
the gospel truth. When the flames leans
over, as if it was being worked bya
blow-pipe, and points to man death
has marked him..
Some years ago, when Bill Hen
bricks was killed in the Savage, the flame
of my lantern pointed right to him for
over an hour, and when he moved the
flame would turn just as if Bill was
loadstone and the flame mariners
needle. knew he was gone, and told
him to be careful about the blast
Well, he got through all right, and got
on the cage. AS we went up, the candle
kept acting strangely. and at times the
flame would stretch out long and thin
toward Bill. At length it gave sud-
den flicker, and Bill reeled to one side
and was caught in the timbers. 1 heard
his dreadful cry as he disappeared down
the shaft; and, while he was bounding
from side to side, dashing out his brains
and scattering his flesh down to the
bottom, my light went out.
I" 1 never lit that lantern again. It
hangs up in my cabin now, and it always
will. There is more in candle.hame
than people think. I'd rather see a
cooked revolver pointed at me than
candle-hame; o revolver sometimes
misses, but q candle-fame is sure to kill
when it starts toward man."
Marriage of Noble Lord in Nebras-
ka.
Married, OF the Church of the Holy
Trinity. from the residence of Mrs. Cat
tie, the sister of the bride, Miss Flor
ence Kate Smith to Lord Clyfford, of
Lea. England, by Rev. G. @. Han
rector. After the ceremony the nv
pair returned to q most aristocraticaIy
served breakfast from those excellent
caterers, Bartram & Wolfe, and left at
once for their home in England. Lord
ely ford. we understand, is young
naval officer in the English service, and
q younger brother, until short time
since, when. the sudden death of an eld-
er brother. an officer in India, serving
in the Afghanistan war, left him the heir
to the title and property. He there
upon resigned from his commission in
the navy, and finding himself in the
land of his fiancee. as he was serving
on board of the man Of war that brought
the Marquis of Lorne and Princess
Louise to our shores, he came to Ne
braska for her, prior to his return to
to take possession of his new
heritage. The wedding was very quiet
and private, but few beyond the parties
interested knowing of the contemplated
change in Miss Smiths life. so sudden
ly entered upon, until after the mar
riage. Her friends in Lincoln wish her
abundant happiness.-Lincola (Neb.)
Journal.
indianapolis schools will hereafter
study the science and geometry of dress.
1t will be beautiful to hear these girls
talking about the hypothenuse of
Princess train or the acute angle of
tight fitting boot. Geometry OF dress
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