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lTo be continued
THE OLD VIRGINIA REEL.

In the dreary autumn cleaning when the fire
,b.ngihe tossing,
look between the iyies that about my cabin
At my lonesome little garden where the ruined
roses lie.
Like a heap Of tattered beggars fallen in the
f.. weeds TO die;
And tho chilly wind comes droning round the
chimney and the caves,
And along the silent pathway drives the wind and
And the crazy mill is silent, and a mist hangs
-. DER the wheel,
Then ! seem to hear the music of an old Virginia
reel.
VERY sweet and very merry, very faint and far
Nov / hear the ancient fiddlers on the strings
begin to play;.
Keeping time with swaying bodies, and a kind OF
Till q host of dainty slippers follow to the dear
Old tune.
There is Mistress Jennie Weaver in her gown Of
With thu crimson coral shining ON her neck and
arms OF milk;
Even Lady Betty Fairfax deigns to tap a scarlet
To the merry, merry music of the old Virginia
reel.
and .mnnIIS -
For tie worm. have bred and nestled in your
locks OF paly gold.
Mistress Jennie with your laughter and your
ribbons and Your beauX,
And the hearts that you have broken. You are
dead as 70 1der rose,
/ alone am left to mourn you, poor and palsied,
bent and gray,
Munbiing DER the vanished glories and the Joys
OF yesterday
When l had a gallant lover. and my heart to him
was leal,
And We gaily danced together in the old Virginia
1ecl.
All, the Instruments arc shattered, and tho strings
arc snapped in twain,
And the tiddlers have forgotten and will never
play again, 9 FIt
Twas the q eaking of the branches on the single:
to and fro.
That recalled to me the music and the mirth OF
long ago.
But above the stars eternal, in their faded pinks
and blues,
With the powder on their ringlets and the
buckles ON their shoes,
I stl,ll sos the beanx and sweethearts in a long
procession kneel,
And their harpts will play the music Of an old
Virginia reel.
-Minna irving. in st. Ionis Magazino..
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and recently q certain society had furnished
him with the necessary funds and placed
him in charge of a mission which had for
its object the "seyen-walled" city Of the an
clients.
Catherine, his sister, a beautiful girl of
IL, from long association with her brother
has become as great an enthusiast as Maur-
ice, even. When, at their home in far-off
Brittany, he had told her of the honor and
responsibility which had been offered him
she had absolutely refused to be left be-
hind, and had urged her own claims and in
clinations 80 strongly that Maurice finally
gave way and consented to her accompany
ing him. Nor had he once regretted the
step. Catherine was a girl Of singular
strength of character, adaptability and
common sense, and when they bad onoa
pitched their amt upon the plain Of
Hamadan her usefulness soon hs-
came apparent. AS her Brothers
treasurer and secretary and as doctor,
nurse and general directress of the
more domestic affairs of the camp she was
of inestimable value. Girlish and fragile
as she looked she possessed a constitution
fully able to cope with the hardships and
seventies of a life such as her present one,
and fresh air had greatly added to her
natural strength.
Of their servant, Aristomene Gargaridi,
there is little to say, save that the eccen-
trlclty of his character was only equalled
by his fidelity to his employer, Il his
wonderful power of adapting himself to
any situation surroundings whatev, r.
Born of quite a good Greek family, he had,
MS a young man, drifted to Paris. with the
idea of becoming a physician, and in course
OF time amassing unlimited fortune.
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MIR, Chnse's PAINTINGS.
Copyright,

One of the most busily discussed topics
of conversation among artists early in the
past season was the studio sale OF William
Nj. Chaso's paintings, which won't at scan
d~alously low prices. Mr.. Chase il one OF
tho first painters of the country and Is held
i'll high esteem personally and profession
ally by his brother artists, but tho great
picture buying public did not make its
presence known ut the sale. One man from
Pennsylvania came with $1,000 in his
pocket to get two good Chases." He car
ried home eight of the best. A Massachu-
sets agent came to buy two at any price; he
got them for u song.
This was discouraging, but Mr.. Chase has
recently assured mo that the sale really did
him good. Such neglect of an American
artist just after fabulous prices had been
paid at the Seney sale for French pictures
by mon no abler was the text of 30 many
newspaper sermons that the picture buyers
took a tumble may say that, mayn't 12-
and Mr.. Chase il now more busy with com.
missions than ever before. And that with
ont abandoning any of his stern ideas or
resorting to triekery such as sometimes
makes a small aatist famous.
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r II.

A VISIT TO THE FIRE-wonsHIPER.
The following morning, before the sun
had yet risen high above the horizon. Mau-,'
rice Kerdic and his sister Catherine,
mounted upon two strong and wiry little
Persian horses, arrived at the tomb of Els
ther and Mordecai. Accompanying them
was the young scientists body servant and
general f%actotuln, a Greek, Ar1stomene
Gargaridi by name.
Maurice was a handsome young fellow of
about 81, tall, with mn athletic frame and
well-knit limbs, in appearance more like a
soldier than a scientist. From his %boyhood,
when he and his little sister had been left
orphans with n moderate income for their
support, archaeology had been his one
thought and study. When quite n boy,
having passed through the Polytechnic I'M
Ecole Normale with high honors, influence
had obtained for him IL subordinate posi-
ton with the Dieulafoy exploration e1pe-
dition. The zeal and energy he displayed
had suf1iced to bring him into prominence
among archablogists and scientific men,
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PRICE FIVE IN

! then abandoned journalism and took an
interest in the Keely motor; but on learning
that my father had for many years hold
stock in the concern, / abandoned 1t bur
riedly and came over to New York, where I
engaged in politics. have always been q
consistent enemy of 1ammany hall, but
have never received the recognition due mo
from any organization which has
had the benefit of my opposition.
The publication OF politics IL
the object of my utmost endeavora. In ma
tional affairs, | have been Il prohibitionist.
! have also taken II deep interest in tho well
fare Of tho North American Indian. In
connection with this last statement | wish
again to urge upon yon the necessity Of
Withholding my name from publication.
1t must be awful to be scalped.
Having thus run hastily over my public
seryices, 1 turn to my no less melancholy
private career. 1t has been my custom to
regulate all my decisions by tossing up q
cent. This desire to submit everything to
tho arbitrament of chance invariably char
acterizes the hoodoo. The more certain no
is that luck is against him, the more easily
he can DO induced to make his life a game
OF poker wherein he continually stakes his
happiness on Il bobtailed flush, and gets
called down.
Among my other misfortunes / fell in
love. Under ordinary conditions such All
event would have been the greatest of
blessings, but for a hoodoo to fall In love is
to invite destruction to descend not only
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fortune, Tor IL IS lnlerent In my mothers
family, as we'll as in my fathers. Many of
my remote ancestors on both sides of the
house lost all that they possessed at the time
of the deluge, and we have never been worth
much since.
In more recent years, my paternal grand
father served in the war of 1913, and was
the means of winning an important. en-
gagement for our forces by deserving them
at the moment when victory was about to
perch on the standard of Great Beitain.
This action In running away WAS miscon-
strued at first, ard he was about to be shot,
but his reputation as a hoodoo saved his
life. His companions i'll arms testified that
they believed he had been actuated by pure
patriotism. and that his flight had given
them moe confidence than ten regiments
of reinforceme .ts. His eldest son. my
father, is the man who ruined the ship
building industry in Maine by engaging in
it soon after the war Of the rebellion.
AS for my mothers family, their alliance
with my fathers is suficient proof that
there must have been something wrong
with their luck.
Ny early years were unhappy. especially
for those who had to take care of me. l
had tho humps twice and the scarlet fever
three times. and the doctor said | could
have either of them as msny times more us
l wanted to. When l asked him why. he
gave me an abstruse scientific explanation
which, boiled down to solid facts, simply
meant that some PEOPLE were born that way
and / was one of them. | have reduced all
other theories of bad luck to the same gem
eral terms.
paid my way through college by re-
framing, for q consideration. from betting
on our various athletic teams when they
were about to engage in important con-
tests. 1t was discovered in the freshman
year that this was the only way to give our
DOVN u chance. once nffRmntaI rn
break through this restraint by bet
ting ON the class races. My friends had
by this time noted my popularity
and wero willing to give any odds
against me. Taking advantage of reputa-,
ton AZ a hoodoo, | secretly laid bets on all
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Tho Iaunors of He'll.

Briggs men and anti Briggs men may
fume about doctrines all they like. III,
fact IS that people won't take to hell fire
segiousiy-ordinnry people, | mean. | re.
member well a frivolous young fellow oil
my acquaintance, who had occasion som,
years ago to mourn the loss OF the black
sheep of the family, his own brother. who
had died unrepentnnt. The conversation
tuning one day upon tho future world, m,
frivolous acquaintance announced his be-
l,el that his brother was at that moment
enduring the fortunes of tho damned.
Then his coGntennnce lightened and he
sud with II queer, half-ashamea chuokle:
"Wouldn't it be Jimmy to see him sizzling
away there in the iire?"
What's the use OF talking theology to u
man like thatpn
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SHE HELD A GREAT BOWL OF CRYSTAL.

many long years of study and vain search.
the means of obtaining it seem to be
within my grasp. Yes, my daughter,
1t ID even 30. The lnstru-
ment l will employ Is none other than the
work and energy of n stranger. | have told
you that within the past few weeks a young
Frenchman has pitched his camp On the
excavation and discovery of ancient Elk
BAHAMA. He it is whom l shall make my
ready tool and ally. His learning, his re-
sou SEES and penetration, and above all The
lndomitable energy which he possesses and
of which l have spoken. l shall make use
of in order to find the secret OF the subter-
ranean palace"
"But, father" interrupted Leila i'll as
tonishment. will not he, this Feranghi,
then know the inviolable and sacred So
cret?'
"Mirtha defend us! of what are YOU
dreaming, girl2 My intention is that he
shall be the arm-I. myself, tho head. He
shall find out the road and pierce the way
l alone shall enter the sanctuary. Welcome
is he to the disc svery OF the ruins of the
seyen-walled city-to every stone no can
carry away of tho palaces of AstvaRes. Cy-
axnres, Cnmbyses and Cyrus. All | seek for
is the entrance to the hidden passages.
To-day l made 1t INV business to
meet the young Feranghi. He ia IN trouble.
The lazy, worthless barbarians who have
been working for him on the excavations
'' NN't' Wv AiA'' shah a'N' i'h
rendered my services to him and those OF
such fellows as | may think fit to provide.
In company with his sister. who, ns you
know, has accompanied him to this
distant land, l have invited him to
visit us tomorrow in order that |
may further explain the assistance
! awe offered him. Still another hind
rance has been placed in their way.
Abdoul- Aim, the governor of this province,
has forbidden turtner work upon the exca-
vations outside Ramaaun. In this he has
been !nstianted by tho false representations
of u rival saynnt and explorer, II German
who has come TO this country in tho guise
of II physician and %oculist. l have
suggested, therefore, to tho young
Frenchman that whiio hia own
compatriots and friends are making such
representations at the royal court of To-
herau as will remove tho governors ban, no
should, in conjunction with myself. COM
mence exploring Mt anothet point, working
with the assistance of the laboyors | shall
provide, ut night time Alone. Az it has
been interdicted to us to break in upon thu
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~
they will run 10 risks. / forbid them to
novel, And so saying he extended his
hands before the horses. Instantly they
were still, bent their knees. and Iny down
qutstly upon the ground and remained 80,
without moving Il muscle, and as II carved
in stone
.'Ihey are either bewitched or else COM
pieteiy tagged out" said Maurice to his
Gistor in an undertone.
No, young man, said Goucha- Nichin, as
u the remark had been made out aloud.
they are not fatlgued, but / nave forbid
den them to move and they would stay as
they are now at my order until the trump
OF the last Judgment Bhonld soundv'
Without another word the old man turned
and held aside tho bushes which concealed
the entrance to the cavern At his sign Of
Invitation his two visitors, followed by
EGargaradi. entered and found Themselves
in the chambers to which We have already
been introduced.
Co! fright.
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His visions, sad to relate, were not
fulfilled. lie lacked the stability Of char
acter necessary for the pursuit of any such
science, though from his own point of view
1t was simply that luck was against him and
that fate had marked him for hey victim.
In any case, the tickle goddess was certain
ly not propitious, and i'll Course of time he
found himself penniless, and n wanderer in
the streets of Paris. With the energy of
his lace. he accepted the situation, and az
| Cepted the first honest employment offered
him.. Ii was that of Il waiter in a small
restaurant, a position from which he in
time rose to that Of chef. and subsequently,
steward. Chance had brought him i'll
Maurice's way at the time when tho latter
was preparing FOR his voyage, aud eventu-
ally GarEaridl had gladly accepted his
present position, that of the valet and cook
and confidential servant to the young cx-
plorer.
The riders passed beyond the famous
tomb md soon found themselves within II
perfect labyrinth of rocks thr ugh which
no path or trail was visible. 1t was Il wild
and savage spot. Eventually thov wore
compelled to dIsmouut aud TO lead their
horses over The rocky ground.
"IatS mus, lie tho place which Gouchn-
Nichin described to me- said Maurice. as
he paused To wipe his brow, for tho SUMS
heat was now becoming oppressive. But
l can SEQ no trace of either him or his
habitation. Certainly he il we'll named,
for ! find that, 30 nearly rs ii can be trans
lated INTO OUT w p~osaic language, Gou-
cha-Niclin means "He who holds himself
~nloof."
Scarcely had he finished speaking when Il
deep, grave voice behind them, exclaimed:
Welcome, young people! Welcome to my
homer
1t was Gcuchn-Nichin himself. tho fro
worshii per.
Tho brother and slater were both intense
~ surprised, for il was impossible to divine
from hence the old man had made his
sudden appearance.
As n matter of fact they had haltod at The
spot whcre the tire~worshipper had stood
tho previous night and made his obeisaneo
to the moon; close, that il, to to entrance
to his cave.
IL have been expecting yon," no went on
to shy; II pray you follow me-"
"Rut our horses?" queried Maurice. hnv-
inR formally presented his sister to the aged
seer. They are FESTIVE. and will not stand,
l fear"
leave them there," said Goueha- Niehin;
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-Minna Irving, in st. Louis Magazin
THE PEORIA BAND.

A. DHusical Organization That Wa a
wonder in Us way.
II wonder if the old brass band down at
Peoria is still in existepe," said "Senator''
Crane the other night, reflectively, to a
Chicago Post man. "a dozen years ago
the little town of Peoria had the most re-
markable musical organization l ever knew
and l have known a great number of them,
too. Incredible as it may seem, that town
had a band which, from Il numerical stand
point, would throw Gilmore's aggregation
of brass and blare completely in the shade.
i put in the hot summe months one season
travelling with an organization which, owing
to the high, or low, standard of its work q
forget which), devoted it's energies exclu-
sively to one night stands in one-horse
towns. We reached Peoria. Our company
did not carry its own orchestra or
brass band. The little theatre had an
orchestra but it actually demanded
money before 1t would play an overture,
and 30 VIC reluctantly were Obliged to di-
vorce ourselves from that organization.
But we must have music of some kind, and
SO l began to skirmish around 10 secure
something that would pass muster. In the
course of my Investigations | ran across the
Peoria Independent Silver Cornet Eureka
band That meritorious organization
kindly consented to appear before the thea
n wv ~ aiAa RhSsy WV
i'll exchange for free tickets of admission to
our high-class entertainment.
promptly on time the band began it's
work. At eight O'Clock the playing ceased
and the musicians struggled into the thea
ter. There were very few people there to
keep them from becoming lonesome, but
shortly afterward the crowd began to pour
in. | was taking tickets at the
door and was struck speechiess with
astonishment to find that about
every second man carried a brass horn
under his arm and marched triumphantiy
past me waving his musical or unmusical
inst ument instead of offering me q ticket.
Still the wonder grew! l finally began to
count the band members as they filed past
me, and when l reached sixty or evenly l
called a halt and stopped an old farmer
who was attached to q big tubn horn.
"'Say, SEQ here. friend, do you belong to
the band in therer
"'Nope.
"'Where did YOU get that horn, then, and
what ARE you trying to do with itg
"'Goin' to get i'll on it if | can. All l
now is Il chap gave mo n tip to go round
to the side of tho building here and get IL
horn and carry it in to the ban fellers
there.'
II left my post and ran back to see how
my band was getting on and found three
ab~le-bodied young mon dropping brass
horns out of 4 window into the hands of n
scrambling mob outside. As nearly as l
could guess that sand must have included
at least IA hundred men,"
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whnt Pan, Was Going to DO.

Two little girls on n Cass avenue car were
discussing their plans for tho summer. One
sand:
Papa, and mamma, and Freddie, md
are going to have tho loycliest little tent on
Orchard Lake, and we'll have just heaps OF
fun for weeks and weeks"
oh" said the other, with n worldly and
superior air, that's 80 COMMON Mamma,
and her maid. and nurse, and baby, and
Ere going to bar Harbor."
but what's your papa going to dor"
"Why," in n surprised tone, he's going
to stay home and earn money to send us. OF
course, just as he always does. detroit
Tribune.
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the crews in such n way that whichever
won, | should make about 500. On the
night before tho race, u coal schooner sank
crosswise In the narrowest part of the
course, and the river was entirely obstruct-
ed for n week. Not desiring to inflict
drew my bets.
After leaving my alma mater. l still re-
tanned a deep interest in her affairs, and
occasionally So far forget myself as to back
her athletes. Anybody who has noted Har-
wards luck during the last ten years. will
be able to guess where | obtained the vast
emit time l have been unable to exchange
for cash.
In the first two years of my struggle with
tho world, l fuiuel three elterprising news
papers by attaching myself to their stalls.
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buried city from above, and in the light of
day, we must gain an entrance by subter-
ranean passages, stealthily and by night.
retire. Ponder we'll over what / have said.
Ere long l hope to gain possession Of the
knowledge l have lived and striven for, SO
that when my time comes / may be able to
entrnst 1t to you for your safe keeping until
the day comes when you yourself can hand
Mithra protect you"
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The really important portion of the man
uscript end here. l was much affected by
it. 1t bears every evidence of authenticity,
including the crest of the iioodoo family.
which bears the device of n horse harnessed
to Il wagon with his head toward the DASH
board. l hope this may come under the
eve CT the Society for Psychioal Research.
1t will be rs valuable as any document in
its archives.
HOWARD FIELDING.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-07-09
WARNING DEMOCRATS.

It IS seldom that Washington
has a political sensation at this
season of the year unless Con-
grcss happens to be in session.
One was sprung there last week
by the announcement that Repre-
sentatives Mills and Bynum had
determined to withdraw as cindi-
dates for the Speakership or the
House and to throw their strength
as far as possible to Representa-
tive Holman, of Indiana, who has
not up to this time even been con-
sidered as candidate. And that
isn't all. 1t is stated that Mr..
Mills is to head an open revolt
against Cleveland as a President
ial candidate, and that he has as
surances Of assistance from a
number Of Southern and Western
Democrats who strongly favor
the nomination Of ex-Representa-
tive (''Horizontal BilP') Morrison,
at present one Of the Interstate
Commerce Commissioners, or some
other Western man.
The cause of this action on the
part of Mr.. Mills is, his friends
say, the base ingratitude OF Cleve-
land, whose assistance Mr.. Mills
had every reason to expect in his
campaign for Speaker, in letting it
be understood that his first choice
FOR Speaker was McMillin, OF
Tennessee, and his second, Crisp,
orGeorgia, thus ignoring the can
didacy of Mr.. Mills entirely, and
practically knocking the bottom
out of his canvass. That was
more than the hot headed son of
Texas could stand and he deter
mined to have revenge. There
are quite q number Of Southern
Democrats of prominence who
would gladly see the Speakership
go to some other section than the
South, because they want the
South represented on the National
ticket next year, and they know
that they cannot have both. Jus.
when Messrs Mills and Bynum
will finally withdraw from the
Speakership canvass seems not
definitely determined upon, but if
the programme is to be carried
out as their friends have announ-
ced it will be within 80 days.
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Will Give Us Rain.

The water that submerged the
Colorado Desert covered about
500 square miles less than ten
feet deep.
Under the boiling sun of that
region there must have been an
enormous evaporation, and this
water ought to come down on Ne
yada in the shape OF rain during
the present week.
II the lake and evaporation
should become permanent it would
give Nevada refreshing showers
all Summer.
The prevailing wind on the
Coast is from the Southwest, and
this would bring us right in the
line OF the benefits of the new
deal of nature.
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That Indignant woman at Fres-
no, who finding her husband drunk
in a wine cellar turned all the
spigots in an endeavor to drown
him and succeeded in flooding the
neighborhood with wine, had a
proper idea OF the way to cele-
brate the glorious Fourth. OF
course the celebration was q howl
ing success. 1t could not well be
anything else-as every Indian in
town got drunk on the overflow.