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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24

menta panel moved easily back, revealing Q capacious recess, and the ''corner" he thought he had reached was not Q "corner," only sort of division.
 ''It's deuced lucky I brought my travel ing case, or else how should I smuggle all this away from Heatherleigha Egad! feel like 0 thief!''
 Having slowed all the valuables away in his large valise, he shut up the recess and replaced the books he had removed.
 Fl believe will go upstairs now and see what has become of the squire," unused Allan, looking about him.
 But the Squire was coming down. Allan heard him on the stairs, and forthwith he began to be deeply interested in 8 yellow paged volume, for whose contents he didn't care half-penny.
 ''The books are quite Interesting, should think" said Bancroft, peeping in and seeing the young barrister deeply en- gagged, as he thought, in reading.
 ''Oh! yes;" Allan made answer, with a yawn, ''interesting enough, but Pm deuced tired of them, and, as I have taken the titles
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24
CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXV1.
 Allan Percival sat in his hired apartments at No. 9 Rue de St. Helene, Trouville. Trouville across the river, not the grand sweep of bright beach dipping gently down into the bay this side.
 i''So she has written to her solicitors con- cerning the Heatherleigh estate, and desires them to dispose of it, with the exception of a few things in the Hall, for which she will send her cousin, Allan Percival, shortly," reading from newly-arrived letter.
 "Well, let me see. What is it she wants unearthed from that cursed ruin, any waya" and he draws forth shp of paper from the letter. "Oh, yes; her mothers jewels, to be found where she concealed them before her flight from Heatherleigh, behind the third row of volumes on the library shelves. Behind the third row at the left-hand end will find secret panel; {; slide 1t to tho right hand and bring all l find in the little rccess,'" reading from the slip. "Then there is more in that secret cupboard than Lady Percivars jewels, judging from this," he said, meditatively '.Well, whatever ts there, will get, "What 3 life she has led, to be sure dear glrll But after this earth shall blossom out l paradise for my darling," he added, with emotion.
 Then he fell into q reverie, and slipping l the letter into his desk he sat gazing out of the window, oblivious of every thing around him; regardless of every thing excepting his own speculations. If the chain of thought traced by his busy brain had been resolved into words, they would have read something like the following:
 "ldon't wonder Miriam doesn't want to set foot in Heatherleigh Hall againi What a lot of misery has been entailed on the un- l fortunate ones Of the Percival house. God if only had lived to thrust a aword up to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24
MIRIAM.
ii:ao Romance of HeathcrlGigh Hall

Allan Percival was when I saw E;na last would be hard to find; well-drcsscd, courtly and kind"
 She smiles again and slips tho locket back in it's resting place with sigh of con- tent. "Imust write to him immediately" she says, caressing the letter, and looking up for an affirmative, as suppose.
 "Yes, certainly" and bring her writing materials, and once more step out of her sanctum sanctorum of thought I am conf dent that Allan Percival will receive tho answer which he desires and am content.
 
 A letter has come to mo from over the sea; letter with big black seal, and l read with swimming eyes and sinking heart that Peggy is dead.
 Poor Peggy, who wished so much to see ''the face of her young misthress" once more, has left the shores of time without even that boon being granted. Ancil has gone back to Ireland to end his days, which can not be many, among his relations, and Heatherleigh is desolate now of even a liv- ing sound.
 Miriam reads the letter dictated by old Ancil before he left the Hall with Q strange, far-away expression creeping into her face.
 "Well, we all have to die," shc says, handing me the black -bordered missive, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24
SPEED OF A BULLET.
How tho Government Learns tho Raplditv
 of . Rifle Rall.

How tho Government Learns tho Rapiditv
 or . Rifle Ball.
 How fast does bullet travell If it Is in proper shape for travelling Colonel Flagler and his officers say it ought to go at Q rate of ,275 feet sccouA upon leaving the rife.
 This matter of speed is very important. and if a cartridge Is five or ten feet too fas, or too slow the quantity of powder must bo changed. This matter of speed is tested in very interesting way.
 At the northern end of the arsenal grounds is long wooden shed, in which . distance of one hundred feet has already been carefully marked off, says the Phila- delphia Record. At either end of this space is stand something like a target, with Q large circular opening where the bulls-eye would be.
 Across each opening Is stretched a small electric wire connected with delicate in- strument in another room.
 The rife from winch the firing is done is SO aimed that tho bullet which flies from it cuts both wires. Obviously the difference of the second wire will mark the speed of the bullet through one hundred feet.
 The measurement of this brief space of time is dono by an instrument of French invention called the Boulinge chromograph. When the first wire is cut an electric circuit Is broken and rod which is suspended from magnet falls short distance, touching in its descent Q point which makes mark on its side.
 The breaking of the se,ond wire lets drop . second smaller rod in the same way. By means of tho difference in the marks on tho rods it is possible to estimate the diffar- once in the time of theIr. falling, and from this the speed of the bullet per second. There is a provision for detecting any er- ror and nearly absolute accuracy is se- ed.
 lift is found that O bullet has travelled too fast or too slow that means that there is too much or too little powder in the charge, that tue compression is wrong, or that the atmospheric conditions are unfa- vorable.
 The charge of powder varies from sixty five to sixty-ninc grains, and is varied by as little as tenth of grain to secure jIst the right speed. The compression may also have to be changed.
 These tests of speed are made throughout the day, eight cartridges being fired at a time, and if any CT TOT IS detected the neces- sary change is made at once. If it is found that the speed is all right, then the accuracy of the bullets in hitting an object must be determined. For this purpose they are fired over five hundred yard range at 8 twelve-foot square target near the river bank.
 By an ingenious device by which the aiG of photography is called in the exact poin, of each bullet is rapidly noted, and the gen eral average of accuracy is afterward as certained.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24

HE THRUST HIS HAND INTO THE APERTURE of some and selected others for which they sent mo, guess we may as well go, that Is, if you have no further business in this horrid placeP'
 "'Orrid placel Why, this his the very place to dream hof romances by the 'our, sir. Our tastes differ, to be sure. Now, hi could stay 'ere for ha week.''
 sLordl' calculated Allan, in horror. 'I should be raving maniac in half that timeW
 "Umphv and the jolly squire looked at him in amaze. Then he said Books packed, hi supposeW and at the same time eyeing the travelling case keenly.
 'Yes," answered Allan, prcvaricating.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24

DRAWING THE LOCKET FROM HER BOSOM. her face takes on such O deathly pallor that am alarmed. She seems turning to stone and there is the same old haunting look in her eyes of a year ago.
 "Miriaml' exclaim in alarm, having an impression, somehow, that must call her back from somewhere whither she was drifting.
 "Don't be alarmed" she says, drawing 0 deep, painful breath and looking at me as if I were 8 dozen miles away instead of so many feet Ut is only sudden, so sudden for. me-" and she turns away to hide her stony face. There is something about her words and manner which tells me plainly that 1t is not the news of Peggy's death alone which affects Miriam so strangely. There is such an abandon of wordless de- spair in every action and look that I feel my very heart stand still in terror.
 ''What is 1t, Miriaml" ask, going to her and taking her in my arms. She releases herself gently and sits down in the nearest chair with that terrible look still on her face.
 'It Is nothing," she says, finally, after a silence which seems to me ages, "nothing, only 0 dream I had last night and that letter to-day, that is all"
 IA dream!" and drew up another Shair and sat down beside her. I must talk her out of this. It would never do to allow the coincidence of bad dream and that letter to kill her.
 "Yes," she answered, Tn Il dazed way, ia dream" Then she paused and I said: "Wellr
 "Oh! you wish to hear its" she questions, as one waking up.
 "Certainly wish to If you care to tell it; but dreams are nothing. They never come true."
 II had a dream oncc which came true," she says, looking at me with the horror of certainty of doom in her eyes. IA dream of death just before my marriage with Arthur, and 1t came true" She shuddered and was silent. I could not gainsay that, but would palliate this vision if she would let me, thought "And I dreamed last night that Peggy came into my room and that l was ill Bending over mo until her cap ruffles touched my face, she said: Miriam, at last I have found you! but only to bid you a long goodbye; such as all those you love 1 must say before their time, just such a goodbye as that, Miriam,' and then she 1 went out, shutting the door quietly, just as Peggy would"
 Miriam's eyes dilated with Q horrible | dread, and she continued: '1 only wish l were not impressed with the truth of it. But the letter coming to-day seems to tell me that Peggy, in spirit, warned me of sor- row in store for me soon." "Well," say, 'l can not assert that there
 is nothing in dreams, but don't believe that Peggy had any reference to Allan Perclva whatever. She, even in your dream, doubt
 less had reference to only the past, witt which she was acquainted. She never knew of your love for Allan, and could no | have meant him."
 Miriam hears me, but she does not be
 lieve as do, for she sits with cold finger!
 locked tightly together and gazes into thu
 future, anticipating the death of one whom
 she has learned to love better than life it self.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24
A NORTH CAROLINA GAME.

How a Iittlo CompulsiOn Forced tho Pinin'
 nt tho Kissing Bee.
 Back in tho North Carolina mountains the student of customs may still find material for research, says the Washington Post. The most unique are the kissing games, which cling to the soil. A lot of big -limbed, powerful young men and apple-cheeked, buxom girls gather and select one of their number as master of ceremonies. He takes his station Tn the center of the room, while the rest pair off and parade around him. Suddenly one young woman will throw up her hands and say:
 "I'm a-pinin."
 The master of ceremonies takes it up and the following dialogue and interlocution takes place:
 "Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp say she's a-pinin'. What IS Miss Arabella Jane Ap- thorp a-pinin' furr'
 "I'm a-pinn' fur Q sweet kiss"
 s'Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp says she's a-pinin' fur q sweet kiss. Who is Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp apinin' fur sweet kiss fruml"
 "Tm g. -pinin' fur very sweet kiss rum Mr. Hugh Waddlc." (Blushes, convulsive giggles and confusion ou the part of Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp at this forced con- fession.) Mir. Hugh Waddle walks up man. fully and relieves the fair Arabella's " | thrce -ycar-old steer drawing his hoof out of | the mud.
 Then @ young man will be taken with Q | sudden and unaccountable "pinin'," which, | after tho usual exchange of questions and | volunteered information, reveals tho name | of tho maiden who causes the "gnawin 7" and "pinin'." She coyly retreats outdoors, only to be chased, ovcrtaken, captured and forcibly compelled to relieve her captor's | distress.
 l At one of these entertainments which 1t was the narrator's fortune to attend thero was remarkably beautiful young woman who had been married about Q month. Her husband was present, huge, beetle browed, black-eycd young mountainecr, with fist like a ham. The boys fought shy of the bride for fear of mourning the anger of her hulking spouse Tho game went on for some time, when symptoms ot irritation developed in the giant. Striding 1 to the middle of the room, he said:
 My wife ez booty, n ez nice, n sweet ez any gyurl hyar. You uns has known hel all her life This game hez been a. goin' on half an hour an nobody has pined fur her oncet. Elf some one doesn't pine fur hef booty soon thar will be trouble"
 She was the belle of the ball after that Every body pined for her.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24
Estimating Q Train's Speed.

Inquiry is frequently made as to how the speed of train may be estimated. The traveller especially Is curious about the speed hls train is making, and we suggest three methods by which the speed may be guessed with remarkable accuracy, as fol- lows:
 1. Watch for the passage of the train by the large white milo posts with black fg- ures upon them, and divide 3,6OO by the time in seconds between posts; the reault is the speed in miles per hour.
 9. Listen attentively until the ear distin- guishes the click, click, click of the wheel as 1t passes rail joint. The number of clicks upon one side of the car in twenty seconds is the speed in miles per hour, where the rails are thirty feet in length, and this is the case generally.
 8. Count the number of telegraph poles passed in two minutes, if there are four or five wires to pole, and in two minutes and twenty seconds if there are only one or two lines per pole; the number of poles passed is the number of miles per hour at which the train is traveling.-Household.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-24
Tho Autocrat's FavOrite.

An ingenious young girl of Louisville, with an eye to information and an auto- graph, recently wrote to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and asked him to tell her his favor ite verse of all his poetical Writings. A few days ago she received Q card, on which was written, over the poets signature, tho fol- lowing lines, which hls admirers will read lily recall:
 A few can touch the magic string
 And noisy Fame is proud to win them
 AlasI for those who never sing
 Int die with all their music m them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
ADJUSTMENTS.

Improving 1.-THE Drum Major"
The third week of an operas run at
the Casino is always the crucial point,
and its future is generally determined
by the receipts for that week. At the
majority of the performances last
week standing DON only greeted the
tardy ones, and the matinee was lib
orally attended; this highly sat
isfactory business leaves little
doubt as to the permanent sue
cess of 1.-THE Drum Major" and Mr..
Rudolph Aronson is confident that no
change of bill will be required before
the new year. Not a day passes but
something is done to brighten up the
performance; the new finale to the
first act, a spirited marching chorus,
receives two and three encores nightly
and the beauty of the second act
scene will be greatly enhanced Gnext
week by the new costumes worn by
the female chorus. The opera in its
present form will compare favorably
with any of the Casino successes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04

the most shameful episodes in u
State legislation.
Senate 1876 transferred to the rail-
road corporations the sovereign power
OF the State to condemn and take
properly at will and wherever located.
Neither private nor public property
was exempted, and there was no limit
to the amount to be taken.
Senator Gardner introduced the bill
in the Senate, and it was juggled
through that body before the major
ity OF the members could know it's
character. In the Assembly it's IL
gineers, led by Assemblyman Goble,
shifting corporation tool from Ocean
county, had it passed by an infamous
trick when members were off their
guard, and it was sent to the Cover
nor.
Realizing that they had been tricked
the Democratic members demanded by
resolution that the bill should be re-
called. Gardner, Goble and their Re
publican confederates resisted, but
with a prospect of a veto by the Gov
ernor Gardner introduced a substitute
bill in the Senate which merely limit
ed the amount of property that could
be taken at one time. This bill came
to the House, and the Democratic eau
u took action against it. Senator
Gardner and the Republicans were
active in the lobby for the bill, and
every Republican but one in the
House voted for it. The bill was
killed by the united Democratic vote.
Senator Gardner's denomination by
his party placed the stamp of Repub-
lican approval upon Senate 1856. 1t
endorses the rascally fraud by
which the original bill was snaked
through the Assembly. 1t is a notice
to the State that a Republican Legisla-
ture next year will enact that bill, and
pass it over the Governors veto If
necessary.-NeaoGTk Journal.
PILES, ITCHING, BLEEDING, ULCER, ETC, CURED
without CUTTING, LIGATINa or CHLoRoFoRM. Our
patients attend to business. while receiving treat
ment. Illustrated papers sent free. Address
Drs. Miller and Jamison, No, Al West Twenty
sixth street, New York;
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dom were addressed, unfeelingly
laughed them to scorn. "He is MAX
ing a boom for himself" they cried,
and they TESTED, and joked, and other
wise belittled the document ~byspread-
ing it on their minutes in the most
contemptuous fashion.
But never mind. The greatness of
Quintus Curtius is above the cavil OF
such petty souls, and even if he
should not be reelected, he will long
be remembered for his devotion to the
cause of purity and economy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
PERSONALS

Ex-Governor John P. st, John will lecture for
the Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Newark next Wednesday night.
Frank L. Clark has just received from a New
ark artist a splendidly executed photograph of
the Arlington Avenue Station.
George E. Halsey, son of ex-Congressman
George A. Halsey, has gone West to get married
The members of the North Baptist Church
were panied last evening to hear of the death of
the wife of their first pastor, tho Rev. H. A..
Cordo, now stationed at Courtland, N. Y.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
Edible Menu Cards.

The latest thing in hotel bills of fare
is an edible menu card. You select
the dishes you want, and then while
waiting for them you amuse yourself
by leisurely eating up the bill of fare,
it acting as an. appetizer. 1t is the
scheme of a London confectioner. He
makes a thin sheet of sweetened
dough. and after it has been baked he
prints the menu upon it in ink made
of chocolate. 1t hasn't got over here
yet, but it will by and by.-St. Louis
Globe. Democrat
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04

DIED.
EMBLEM-On Wednesday. October 2. 1880, Agnes
Relatives and friends Of the family arc re4pect-
fully invited to attend the funeral from her late
residence, No. 81 Cottage street, on Saturday morn
ing, October s, at nine o'clock; thence to st. Johns
Church, where a mass of requiem will be offered for
the happy repose OF her soul.
HANILTON:-Apri1 %, 1889, at Gouverneur's Hos
pital, James W. Hamilton, in the twenty-ninth
year of her age.
Funeral service at the grave, Greenwood Gene
terry, on Saturday, October Z, at half-past two
O'Clock. Relatives and friends are respectfully in
vited,
this city, on October 8, 1889. William
s. Howell, in his tifty-ninth year.
Relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from his late
residence, No. 800 Delaware avenue. Heighte, on
Sunday. October q, at two p. nj.
MARVIN-On Thursday, october s, 1889, Asa D.
Marvin. aged foIty-seven years.
Relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral servic es on Sat
urday, October s, at three O'Clock D. m. at the resi-
dence OF his brotherin-law, Myron s. Rosencrans,
No. 1917 Goes street.
Internent, Sunday, october 6, at Port Jervis, N.
Y, on arrival OF 9l5 a. m. train from Jersey City.
Port Jervis, N. Y. papers please copy.
STRANG.-On Thursday, October 8. 1889, Vera May
Strang, aged ten years, two months and twenty
nine days.
Funeral Services at No. 25s Ocean avenue on Sat
urday, October 5. at eight D. m.
Interment at Perth Amboy, n. j.
Train will leave Penn. R. R. Depot Sunday, Oct.
6, at ten a IN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04

A party Of Knights Templear from
Portland, Me, took q special car this
morning on the Pennsylvania Railroad
for Gettysburg and other Southern points
Of interest. There were about sixty in
the party and they occupied four cars,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
THE EDITORS SAY
General Grnbh.s Taxes.

General Grubb's Taxes.
The Dickey Bird Grubb doesn't
turn out very well ON examination.
The generous hospitality with which
he spends money on cock fights and
champagne dinners is supplemented
by a prudent economy which leads
him to defer the payment of bills for
servant hire and household supplies
to the very last moment. He will
spend a thousand dollars on the
Philadelphia City Troop at one mo-
ment and at the next instruct his
servant to deny his whereabouts to
people to whom a comparatively few
dollars are owing for hay or groceries.
He undertook to paysthe back dues of
the members of the Grand Army of
the Republic, and let his own taxes go
into default.
More than that, the official records
OF Beverly township show that this
triple millionaire, this liberal enter
tainer, and this inheritor OF all the
princely qualities Of a long line of
Grubbs, is a miserable tax evader.
The last published financial state
ment Of Beverly township, in which is
located the Dickey Birds elegant
mansion and park, contains, III the
delinquent tax list, this item
ssE, Burd Grubb, 1888, $685.. 55."
Enquiry establishes the fact that
this tax is the total amount assessed
in the township Of his residence
against this triple millionaire. 1t
consists of a tax Of $1.16 per $1O0 upon
his mansion and grounds, his furni-
ture, stock, farming and utensils,
which are worth nearly 500, 600 and
are assessed at $40, O00l
All the rest Of his property has
been concealed from the assessor, and
taxes have been paid only upon what
could not be hidden!
When a person takes such a peculiar
view as this of the duties of good
citizenship, it is safe to assume that
he is not the proper kind of character
to put in official position at a time
when the question of taxation of rail-
roads is at issue.-2Fue american.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
Three Little FIeas.

In the Special Sessions this morning
Mary Jennings, to a charge of grand lar
pleaded not guilty; Margaret Halli-
day, petit larceny, not guilty, and March
Mendino, assault and battery, not guilty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
he Persuaded the Court.

Levi Frost, a n~ine-year-old, convicted in
the Court of Special Sessions this morn
ing of stealing a watch, was lucky
enough to persuade the Court to suspend
sentence instead of sending him to the
Reform school.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
OFFICES.

Advertisements, Subscriptions and Newsdeal-
ers' Orders received
HoBoKEN-First and Clinton Streets, j. D. Sin
clair.
UNION HnL-H. Fischer, No. 60 Pahsade Avenue
BERGEN PorNT-T. w. Dobson, opposite Railway
Depot.
FIVE CoRNERs-G. W. Pheiffer, No. 6sa Newark
Avenue.