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Ralph elected so uncer- Invited Her In
enormously hundreds of years ago.
'Let US ask her in." l said. 'Oh! tush,
fudge" he replied; "she was a flirting
mink. We don't want her here !' The
idea Of flirting ghost quite tickled my
fancy. rose and went to the window. The
tapping was continued. so I flung back the
shutters and gazed out. 1 could at first see
nothing but the reflection of the room upon
the window glass, and noticed that the
reflection of the decanter was pouring out
the reflection of glass of sherry for the
image of Sir Reginald. The ex-knight was
going to make the experiment of mixing the
material with the immaterial.
raised the window, and then beheld
the Lady Isabella. She was sitting upon the
window sill-a wondrously attractive little
apparition-and was tapping at the pane
with all Eer might.
''Ahem!" observed I; whereupon she
started and turned round.
"How do you do, Lady Isabel?" said
bowling politely. won't you step IMP"
''Sir Knight" replied tie fair ghost in
musical accents, "I am beholden to thee,
but my duty compels me to stay without.
Moreover, the interior of this room be-
longeth to Sir Reginald"
At this moment the ghost of Sir R. glided
Deuluu, anu lelL his cOlu DredLu on my
cheek. 1t smelt slightly of sherry.
NOW YOU MAY SMILE.
"Come in Bella, my DEAR" said the old
Knight. "Come in, you dear chuck of
sweet little ancestress.
''Bahl thou vile tub, replied Isabel; ''I
will 20 in, but not to thee. With this hand
some knight here shall CO."
bowed, blushed and assisted her in. In
two minutes we were sitting, all three,
around the fire.
1t were useless to recount the merry time
spent with those charming ghosts. Sir
Reginald told q good many jovial stories,
and his curious phraseology reminded me Of
PepYs, to whom his person bore great like
ness. Lady Isabella, too, was delightful;
and when Sir Reginald-having drunk half
the decanter and consumed flask full of
Schiedam-fell asleep on the lounge, had
a sly Irritation with the bewitching little
ghost.
1 had Just begun to tell her how loved
her-my arm had made its tenth attempt to
get round her waist, but had slipped through
owing to the unsubstantial nature of her
person-when the chanticleer in the adjoin-
ing farmyard q had him killed and roasted
next day) gave vent to a loud, defiant
''cock-a-doodle-do."
In second Sir Reginald awoke, and both
ghosts leaped to their feet. "Goodbyl good
byP' they cried in concert; "'tis cock-crow.
and we must depart" In another mo-
ment they had vanished.
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never saw those ghosts again, though I
waited up night after night for the purpose
of meeting them. Mrs. Muldowney set hoe
jenus omne'' firmly believed my story so far
as the ghosts went, but declined to credit
the fact that they had failed 10 frighten me.
Skeptic friends, to whom L related the story,
had the cool impudence to suggest that I
dreamed the whole thing. but" asked
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$20,000 EARNED In 4 YEAR.
Two Colored Jockeys Earn a Small Fortune
During the Racing Season.

Two Colored Jockeys Earn Small Fortune
During the Racing Season.
New York SUM-
Lots of the jockeys are getting talked
about just now. Whether it is because they
are losing their discretion as the season
wanes, or whether it is because they have
got tired of the incessant criticisms of their
riding, is questionable, but it is certain that
stories are being circulated about them
which do not rebound to their credit This
is particularly the case with the two crack
colored jockeys. Isaac Murphy and Hamil-
ton. There are no smarter boys in the coun-
try than these two, and both of them seem
to understand horse from his hoofs up.
They have done notable work this season,
Hamilton in particular, and probably they
will clear S20,0 900 apiece from their riding
at the close of the racing year. How much
they made or lost in backing their mounts
is another matter. Both of them are spend
ing their money as fast as they get it and
living in way that good jockeys should
spurn.
1t is a pity, because the majority of the
jockeys of this country are loose riders, and
when the cracks among them run queer it
has a bad effect upon the younger boys.
Garrison, who is in the judgment of most
racing men the cleverest of all the jockeys,
seems to have temper of his own, among
other things, which deies restraint. Per-
haps few salutory lessons from the racing
associations would pull the youngsters
around into shape. 1t is pity to have
them running so wild. The carelessness,
indifference and ignorance of the jockeys
have good deal to do with the in and out
running of the horses about which the
public complains so strenuously.
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But this jolly old gentleman reassured
me, and I positively laughed again.
By this time the ghost frowned porten-
tiously.
Mortal" he said-"what dost thou
here?''
''This is my house." said land have
perfect right to be here"
"Thou art then my degenerate descend
ent, said the ghost. ST am the spirit OF
your great-great-grandfather's grandfather: !"
By this time my courage. had completely
returned and was inclined to be saucy,
us that so?'' I said; "pray take chair
old fellow"
The ghost stamped its shadowy foot. but
didn't make the slightest noise.
"Begoner" it cried. Base creature get
thee hence"
''Get out yourself" 1 said, sitting down
in the easy chair and filling glass OF
sherry.
Here was impertinence! My ancestors
spirit was positively dumfounded.
3 Good gracious" it exclaimed; you
don't appear in the least frightened. What's
to be done? must frighten you somehow"
"I don't see the necessity, said l. Have
glass of sherry"
The ghost looked wistfully at the decanter.
Odu w Abj ~ Ieplieu. AVu oScJ 'hc
sherry is material and I'm immaterial-we
are not permitted to mix"
Sit down then" said I.
THIS WILL SURELY SCARE YOU.
"Well," he said, 'I'll sit down. But it
is terribly unorthodo1 for ghost to hobnob
with mortal. 1t is strange you are not
frightened. Don't you think you could
manage to get up little tremor. II don't
succeed in frightening you shall be de-
barred from haunting this room any longer"
81 see," replied 1; eff you can't frighten
me your name is Dennis"
"No," answered the spirit "my name is
Reginald-Sir Reginald O'Carney."
"Well, Sir Reginald" I observed, "I'll
candidly admit that when you first appeared
I was little frightened. Your laugh, too,
startled me-"
The ex-knight smiled and seemed much
"Then I am all right" he said.
'Yes, that laugh of mine is considered very
"It is decidedly grewsome," replied.
The ghost sat down and there was mo-
mentary pause Just then became con-
scious of light tapping at the window, and
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ing and the gap was so narrow as to prevent
the men from following her. However, the
youngest of them ALL slim Nubian, under
took to bring her out; but he hardly looked
down into the opening when he started back
and cried to his lord:
ga human being is lying there, and seems
to be yet alive. Yes, he beckons with his
hand. It is boy or youth, and certainly
not a slave. His hair is long and curly, and
on his arm-for sunbeam falls straight in
can see a broad gold band"
"One of the family of Nun, perhaps, who
has been forgotten" said the warrior, and
Bale eagerly added: 'It is the guidance of
the godsl The sacred beasts have led me to
the spot where may do service to the
man to whom owe so much. Try and
make your way in, Bekie, and fetch the
youth out"
The Nubian, meanwhile, had moved away
a stone, which, in its fall, had partly closed
the entrance, and in short while he held
up to his comrades motionless young form,
which they lifted out into the open air and
carried to well. There they soon brought
him back to life with the cool water.
As he recovered consciousness he rubbed
his eyes, looked about him in bewilderment
as though he knew not where he was, and
then his head fell on his breast as if over
come by grief and horror, and it could be
seen that at the back OF his head the hair
was matted with dark patches of dried
blood.
By the prophets care the wound, which
was deep, from stone which had fallen on
the lad, was washed at the well; and when
it was bound up he bid him get into his own
litter. which was screened from the sun.
The youth had arrived before sunrise,
after long walk by night from Pith6m,
called by the Hebrews Succoth, to bring
to his grandfather, Nun, but find
ing the place deserted he had lam down in
one of the empty rooms to rest awhile.
Awaking at the uproar of the infuriated
Egyptians, and hearing the curses on his
race. which rang out on every side. he had
fed to the cellar, and the falling roof, al
though he had been hurt, had proved his
salvation, for the clouds of dust, which had
hidden everything as it crashed down, had
concealed him from the sight Of the plum
derers.
The priest eazed at him attentively, and
though the youth was unwashed and pale.
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By Georg Ebers,
Author of "UARDA,' "SERAPIS," Etc.
CNow FIRST PUBL1sHED.)

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agreeable task of peppering violently a steel

agreeable task Of peppering violently steel
target.
1t becomes apparent thereby, that all
men are not born marksmen. Some of the
boys bang away hopefully, but score bulls
eyes more BY accident than design. Others
seem TO have just the requisite nerve and
accuracy of eve, and hit the bull's-eye with
out trouble. But the practice is pretty
rigorous, for the gun "kicks" Just enough
to make itself felt on q mans shoulder, and
il isn't every fellow who can lie down on
the ground and twist himself into extraor-
binary attitudes for long range shooting.
There's a sort of abandon about it which
don't comport with scrupulous regard tor
elegancies of personal adornment.
A DEMOCRATIC SPORT.
But target shooting is thoroughly Demo-
cratic The millionaire officer and the hard
working private are exactly on the same
level when prone upon the grass with eyes
a-squint along a gunbarrel, and crowd
of bystanders ready to decide bad shot or
applaud good one. There are two n. 6.
P. rifle ranges near Pittsburg, and any
sunny day crowd of ambitious workmen
can be seen engrossed eagerly in the pursuit
of the heeting and elusive bulls-eye-
The Fourteenth Regiment has a very fine
and complete range at Salisbury, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The range
of the Eighteenth Regiment is at High
Bridge, Castle Shannon Railroad. A short
description of a rife range will prove
of interest. The range must be
on comparatively level ground, in order
that the bullet will not have to travel up or
down when speeding toward the target. The
place where the marksman stretches himself
with his gun trained upon the target, is
nothing more or less than common, very
common shanty. At distance of 500 yards
the usual shooting space for military prac-
tice-is target about foot and half In
diameter, painted clear white, with sundry
rings of decreasing size upon its surface.
The center circle is about two inches In di-
ameter and constitutes the bull's-eYe. In
shooting galleries gong is struck when the
bull's-eye receives the blow of the bullet. In
q rife range there is no such arrangement
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in Ireland. To be the owner of castle
even ruinous one-is to be an aristocrat.
Aristocracy is vastly superior to pig
killing. Consequently made an upward
leap in life when L became master OF that
tumble-down mansion, yclept Ballycarney
Castle, and the extensive acreage Of really
picturesque, but totally improbable, bog
which surrounds that fortress on every slde.
The O'Carney's are an old stock in Ireland.
Their origin is lost in the mists of antiquity;
and there isa tradition that the O'Carney
who lived in the time OF the deluge refused
to sail in the same ark with Noah, and built
private yacht of his own.
The squire who preceded me, had about
enough income to keep up quarter Of his
mansion, and let the rest go to rack. So
when came to the castle there was only
one wing habitable. Being a bachelor, L
succeeded in making myself comfortable in
this small space. There was crowd Of
servants attached to the place, and when I
set about reformation, and dismissed half OF
them they one and all refused to depart.
PREPARE TO TREMBLE.
l have said that one wing of the castle
alone was inhabited. In this was mis-
taken, because the west wing and the great
keep were also dwelt in-but dwelt in by
other than mortal folk. In plain words
they were haunted. One day was struck
with the glorious view from a window in
the west wing. I told Mrs. Muldowney to
make the apartment habitable, as I wished
to sleep there in future.
what" she cried, ''sleep in that room!
Why, that's where your greatgreat grand
fathers grandfather was murdered by King
Williams soldiers. His ghost walks there
every night That window, tool Sakes alive!
Don't you know that's the window that Lady
Isabel taps at from midnight till morning?
Her husband, Sir Ralph, put her out in the
snow one cold winter night, and she tapped
at the window till the sun rose. Then she
fell down in the snow an froze to death. So
her sperret taps, an taps an taps"
"That'll do" I said. "If she taps at my
windows I'll fix galvanic battery under the
sill. As for the other party who walks the
room, just strew a few tscks on the carpet,
and let him try walking on them"
Mrs. NJ. was too Mortified to answer She
passed from the room in dazed sort of way,
and I heard her mutteing: "Well, let him
have his wlllful way. Well see how long
he sleeps in the bloody chamber"
The bloody chamber was ready in few
days, and I moved into 1t bag and baggage.
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longing to race who could do such shame
ful deeds overpowered his young soul? Or
was the youth true to his people, and was It
wrath and indignation that made his cheek
turn pale, then red, and stirred up such tur-
moil in his soul that ne could hardly speak,
No matter. But it was clear that be was no
fit bearer of this message to his uncle, and
the priest signed to the Captain to come
with him under the shade of broad syca-
more tree. The Hebrew must at any rate be
retained in the army; he laid his hand on
his friends shoulder, saying: "You know
that 1T was my wife who won you over to
our great scheme. She serves it better and
with greater zeal than many man; and
while admire your daughters beauty she
is full Of praises Of her winning charm"
sand Kasana is to join the conspiracy7''
exclaimed the soldier in displeasure.
mot as an active partner, like my wife
of course not.
'She would hardly serve that end" re-
piled the other in calmer tone, "for abe Il
like a child"
"And yet she may win over to our cause .
man whose good will appears to me to be
inestimable."
You mean Joshua2" asked Hornecht, and
again his brow grew black, while the prophet
went on:
"And if do? Is he not noble Hebrew,
and can you think it unworthy Of the daugh-
ter Of a warrior of valor to give her hand to
the man who, if our undertaking prospers,
will act as chief captain over all the troops
of the land?"
"No, my lord, cried the archer. aBut
one of the causes Of my wrath against
Pharaoh, and of my taking part with
Siptah, is that his mother was not OF our
nation, while Egyptian blood flows in
Siptah's veins. Now, the mother deter
mines mans race, and Joshua's mother
was a Hebrew woman. I call him my
friend; / know how to value his merits;
Kasans is well inclined TO him"
''And yet you desire 9 greater son-in-
law?" interrupted Bale. "How can our
difficult enterprise prosper if those who risk
their lives in it think the very first sacrifice
too great? And your daughter, you say. il
well inclined to joshua
"She was; yes, truly" the soldier put In
eyes, her heart longed after him. But I
brought her to obedience; she beams the
wife Of another; and now that she isa
widow shall be the one to offer her to him
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for obvious reasons. The target is of steel
.nd N sufficient thickness to Withstand the
biov of a bullet at any range. Below the
target and the post which holds it erect
;s ! nit Of about six feet in depth and cor
-esnpndinglv sizable which the marker
Iurks. II NAV not be brave for the marker
70 make use of every possible device to Sc
cure his personal immunity from the fugi-
tive bullets, but 1t is eminently safe. Over
his head IS q door of plate glass so arranged,
the nit being on both sides of the target, that
the marker is able to see the exact spot on
the target that the bullet hits. Then the
marker raises his protecting shield Of glass
and elevates one of set OF brilliantly
cslored discs to the point upon the target
hit by the bullet. Then the recorder who
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the marksman makes but slight allowance
for wind unless it be unusually strong.
1t has been proven to everybody's salts
faction that Pennsylvania regimental
marksmen can beat the world. A picked
team of Pennsylvania shooters honestly de-
feated the Massachusetts team at the recent
match between Pennsylvania, New York
and Massachusetts. but the referee was a
New York man, who tried a gum game on
the contestants, and by technical ruling
kept Pennsylvania out of her quota of shots.
The popular weapon is the Springfield
45, " with which the United States army and
the State militia are universally armed, and
which is conceded to be far ahead Of the
crack British rifle, "the Martin-Henry, as
the Britishers discovered to their sorrow in
the recent international match.
PITTsBURG's CRACK SHOTS.
1t may be said in regard to Pennsylvania
troops that they are rapidly becoming quali-
fed marksmen. The Thirteenth Regiment,
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The old wainscotted walls had been rubbed
and busted A bright fire cracked in the
big, broad fireplace, for it was midwinter.
and the air without had the breath of Jack
Frost in it. There was an easy chair of the
late squire's fathers time drawn up in front
of the blaze, and on a table reposed lamp,
decanter, glasses, and my pet rhymster-
Austin Dobson. Evening was closing In
around my stronghold, SO 1 lit my lamp,
and had quiet read. About 9 o'clock Mrs
Muldownev sent one of the maids upstairs
with the tea-tray. The girl opened the
door a little bit, and laid the tray on the
floor just inside it. Not even my sternest
threats would induce her to come
any further than the door, and
she skurried down stairs like
enlightened rabbit So had to pick up
my tray myself, and after quiet cup of
tea settled down to read the night away
Ten o'clock chimed from the stable clock
conception of the late Squire, who made
his stable his temple of worship. But was
deep in Dobson. What I admire in friend
Austin is his delicious word-paintiEg. He
is shallow, it is true, but then you read him,
while you study Milton. The clock struck
II, I suppose, at the correct time, but did
not hear it, and it was a surprise when I
heard 12clanged out over the moorland, Just
was the midnight hour.
I laughed-but (tell it not in CATH my
laugh had ring of awkwardness about it.
In spite of myself was getting little bit
afraid, so laughed again to reassure myself.
But this laugh was worse than the former
one-it was the very ghost of cachination.
To my horror it was distinctly echoed from
distant corner of the room.
NOW TREMBLE.
"Hai ha! har' cried sepulchral voice
not unlike my own. "Te-he-he! Ha-ha-
hap' Up I sprang, and Austin Dobson fell
among the cinders. I turned quickly
round-my hair standing on end--my eyes
madly staring. 1 looked toward that
distant corner, and in the half light saw
something more. My heart gave great
throb and then stood still, only to beat with
awful rapidity against my side.
The form was emerging from the gloom
it was approaching in my direction; and-it
laughed again, this time with more real
mirth. "Ha! Hal Hal-Hawl-Hawl-j
Hawi' laughed the ghost, for such it was;
and then in the full light, / saw the ap-
partition of stout corpulent gentleman, in |
yellow kneebreeches. and red coat--a gen.
tleman evidently arrayed in the costume of |
King Billy's day, from the heavy periwig, |
and the three-cornered hat he wore.
Had the ghost been hideous thing in q |
white sheet should have tainted away.
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pany with the prophet. He was indeed in
his confidence, for the warrior likewise was
one of the men Of high rank who had con-
spired to overthrow the reigning Pharaoh.
AS they approached the ruined dwelling
of Nun the priest pointed to the heap Of
destruction and said: "The man to whom
this once belonged is the only Hebrew I
fain would spare. He was man of worth,
and his son joshua"
"He will be true to u.s." interrupted the
captain. "Few better men serve in the
ranks of Pharaoh's armies, and" he added
in lower voice, 81 count on him in the day
of deliverance.
"Of that we will speak before fewer wit
nesses," replied the other. "But owe him
special debt of gratitude. During the
Libyau war-you know Of it'll was be-
trayed into the hand of the enemy, and
Joshua, with his handful of men, cut me a
way of escape from the wild robbers"
Then, dropping his voice, he went on in his
didactic manner, as though he were making
excuse for the mischief before them. "Such
is life here below! When a whole race of
men lncurs punishment the evil falls on
the guiltless with the guilty. Not even the
gods can in such acase divide the individual
from the mob; the visitation falls even on
the innocent beasts. Look at that flock Of
pigeons lowering over the ruins; they seek
the dovecote in vain. And that cat with
her kittensl Go, Bekie, and rescue them; it
is our duty to preserve the sacred animals
from starving to death"
And this man, who had contemplated the
destruction Of so many of his fellow creatures
with barbarous joy, took the kindly care of
the unreasoning brutes SO much to heart that
he made the bearers stop, and looked on
while his servants caught the cats. But this
was not so quickly done as he had hoped, for
the mother fled into the nearest cellar OPEN