Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-12

! pipes that had alarmed the country
round for Il century past.
Very fcw ghost stories have such a
solid foundation ~ the one told Of d.
srph ., Emperor oi GcrmalIv, 4 merry
gentleman, and as brave ii heart IL he
was sturdy in bircpS.
He WIS a ho>nm friend of the Elrctpr
of SaNony; royal scamp, whose bump
of reverence hardly eIu.!,d his love Tor
the flesh. J">cph was good Catholic,
and his friends of the church were in
considerable fear lest the i.iec;ur should
lead him from the true faith. The" tried
| almb every device tu break the COM
panion>lip between them, but all 20 no
purpose. Finally Il jealous Jesuit father
disguised himself in Satanic attire and
silently entered the Einpcrur's chamber
late i'll one dark night. Clinking heavy
links of chains, and plarin% himself
near the bed, where the dim light from
the solitary taper could fall upon his
figure, the very mysterious visitor began
haran%uing, i'll very Sepulchral Voice,
the startled Emperor.
"Renounce, q, Emperor, thy intimacy
with the Elector of SaXony, or prepare
for eternal damnation,"
The muscular magnate, not caring to
be bored with uncar,hly callers at an
unreasonable hour, leaped from his
couch, and catching up in his arms his
| phantom visitor, launched him ont of
the window, saying:
"Return to Purgatory, whence you
camel"
\ broken thigh was his ghostship's
reward.
\ man who bought a haunted house
in Colosse, y. s., sought an explanation
of the mysterious noises with ;.himmrr
He pulled off 4 few clapboards, when
an explanation flew out, followed by
several hundred more. About Il bushel
| of large black bats We're discovered,
cozily making them:elves at home in
various crannies of the building, and
making the people decidedly "not at
home by their clatter and noise at
night. Those bats, when discovered.
| took all the romance out of that haunted
house and cut a long story short.
Practical jokerS have often played the
ghost. They are the last persons who
take kindly to a joke played upon them.
selves. An English servant girl, how
ever, was once taught to respect the old
saying, "What's sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander."
The coach,man of Commodore Porter,
famous during the war of 1872, died,
and 4 few days after the colored serv-
ants were alarmed ut the appearance of
his ghost. Every night about seven
O'Clock they would rush upstairs in
great fright, declaring that Nathan's
ghost was in the cellar. Knowing that
some one was playing joke, the Com
modore watched. That night he saw
one of the house girls enter the cellar
window, dressed in long night-gown,
her face sprinkled with iiour, and Il
lighted candle in her hand. The next
| night the Commodorc-drc to re-
semble the dead man, with blackcned
hands and face, and wood saw in his
hand-waited for the ghost.
As soon rs he heard footsteps he be-
gan saving wood. The girl entered the
cellar, and the wood sawyer, stopping
his work, said, in sepulchral tones
"Miss Jane, de Almighty send me
for you!" With 4 shrek the fright
ened woman rushed from the ccllcr, ran
ont of the house and took to the woods.
The lesson, though severe, was such rs
she deserved. She never again played
the part of Il ghost.
Some years agp gentleman'S family
hired Il spacious old mansion house in 4
retired region, and took up their abode
| there. 1t was in lonely situation,
separated from public view by the long
rows of old trees which bor,!cred the
road and the avenue. One night, rs 4
IaG, nf thu f.p,il,
| for bed, she heard Il strange, hollow,
murmuring sound. aS of distant voices
Though startled, .he finally decided
| that it was voices "f men in the road,
and settled herself I, for the night. But
| scarcely had he's ii touched the pill
low when she he, Il the sounds again,
and springing In rrr feet she went di-
| rectly to cor closet, whence they
seemed to proce d
When she Olrlcd it a strong gust of
damp wind blew in her face and almost
extinguished her lamp. Then came the
sound of distant talking again, and she
| thought she caught the words, "Poor
thing! Poor thing! Too bad, Too
bad!"
She was for the moment paralyzed
with terror, but resolved not to rouse
the family if she could possibly avoid it,
feeling sure the sounds could be ac-
counted for in some natural way. A few
nights after the unearthly noises We're
heard again from the same closet-cor-
ner, but nothing could be found there to
account for them. The lady's brother,
determined to unravel the mystery, oc-
cupied the room one night, and before
morning, opening the closet, he dis
tinctly heard the words, "Poor thing!
Too badi Too bad" uttered in tones
not only hollow but also painfully plain
tive.
1t was subsequently discovered that in
the extreme corner of the closet was
section of old TIN pipe. In the closet of
the nursery was the other end of this
speaking-tube. The nurse occupying
this room had been particularly annoyed
by mice in her closet, and had set 4 trap
there. Hearing the little captivcs
scratching about rs they were caught
in their wiry prison, she and one of the
other servants had risen upon the nights
referred to to secure them and to make
the traps ready for other victims, re-
peating the words heard. This was the
W ehS 'tNi f't t't y uftyh -tftc.
"A fine crop of cattle thieves is grow
Ing up in Utah, and one Of these days
Utah will make Texas ashamed of her
self. An old cattle thief recently told
the reporter of the Phoebe Hcvl,i that
the old hands at the business had pretty
much given up stealing cattle, rs they
could now buy cattle for little or moth
ing from the young boys who rob their
parents.
The PHJhc says that the steady ab-
sorption of money by boarding, in re-
gions where no adequate resting places
for the savings of the people are found,
has begun to have marked effect upon
the supply at commercial centers This
is inconvenient, but people will hide
their money so long AS they are afraid
of banks.
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