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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-11
CHAPTER IX-Continued.

With this the two forms dissolved
back into invisibility. The young man
could have been none other than old
Ben's MASTER and if that venerable
black had been on hand he could have
had the pleasure of embracing his real
"massa" instead of a person who resem-
bled him.
: | went up stairs, and seeing the door
OF one of the forbidden rooms ajar, | en-
tered. Upon the floor in the corner of
this room stood a small iron safe with
Its door partly oren. Pulling this door
wide upon it's hinges, [ saw within a
punch of papers. Drawing this forth
a glance satisfied me that it was the last
will and Testament and other papers Of
khpe late Montinni Securing these, /
Erned to withdraw from the room,
pen | was startled by slight rustic Of
gauZe curtain around the couch, for
room was bedchamber. | stood
pking at it for moment, and was
away again, when the curtain
us drawn aside by invisible means.
ere, stretched upon the couch, prone
sA "a rigid, the bed for bier, lay the
sly of Senior Montinni, in as perfect a
sEH tie of preservation as if it had been
CHI ii balmed that morning. The curtain
llNIsfFM back to its natural rest and | walked
sEIEstt of the room. When | reached the
sdIsE8l the door closed, seemingly of its
a55aEsn accord, and / heard the key turn in
HgggEa rusty old lock.
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the shade and fruit trees that surround
ed the house.
After a half hour of walking and
thinking 7 turned toward the house when
| felt touch upon my arm, and upon
turning around saw dapper little gen
tleman, who tipped his bright silk tile to
me iauntily and said
@This is Senior Maa, believe. Well,
business is business, whether it's a
wholesale funeral or chattel mortgage.
To be candid with you, am a ghost-a
downright spook-but you've seen plenty
of them lately, so you won't be scared.
I was formerly the lawyer who settled
all the little legal bubbles arising on
this estate The worthy proprietors,
who are in another state-Or rather ter
ritory-of existence, want a little bust
ness done 1t will perhaps be agreeable
to you to learn that there are five
corpses up stairs that need to be in
tered down there in the burying
ground They are those of Ell Muza
and wife, Ell legal and wife, and Mon
tinni. The whole family died of the
yellow fever epidemic some years ago,
myself among the rest, as | came down
with the disease while up here on bust
ness. Nearly all of us were buried, but
we were dropping off so fast the niggers
all got scared and ran away, leaving the
persons whose names | have mentioned
to pass away in lonesome sort of style
that was very unpleasant to the
participants. The bodies we're laid
out and embalmed by the spir-
it's that had inhabited them
in their original existence. The bodies
have been here ever since, and things
were left in such a dire state that we
have had to stay around here and guard
the place and brighten people away and
resort to all manner of schemes to pre-
serve the secret of our dead all these
years. Until we found you we knew of
no medium that we could consult with
to the end of getting our dead taken care
of and the estate Strengthened up. AS
soon as these remains are buried the
house ceases to be haunted Old Ben
can dig the graves, and with your aid as
medium we can do everything all
right. Have the graves and baskets
ready by tomorrow night at twelve
o'clock. We'd have buried these bodies
long ago, but it was impossible for spir
it's to dig in the ground. Excuse me if
haven't handled this subject quite so
delicately as you mortals customari do.
We of the spirit world attach no ro
nance or sanctity to the matter of death.
With us it is something that has past,
and therefore of little consequence.
Good day"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-11
CHAPTER Nj.
THE LAWYERS GHOST.

morning sun smiled placidly
gh the fast evaporat ng fog that Il
breeze was lifting from its nights
Epon the bosom of the bayou, and
Isual so umn hush reigned about
SERTED old house -Four days had
I'd since the arrival of the Sonora
These four days were unevent-
interest Dull monotonous days
Mere, of watching by the sick mans
lie and examining legal documents
hing to the estate Uron the
ahg in question Old Ben had come
ssly to the door and handed in a
envelope directed 10 me 1t con-
telegram from Montinni's heir,
e that he would most gra ,iously
Nt to my demands in behalf of the
81 Arold, and that he would ship
Aew Orleans by the steamer Don
Adue at that port in fourteen days
#absorbing this intelligence [ went
Il TONS room. and, after his mother
%thdrawn for moment, laid the
matter before him. The sick man
Il himself to slit ng posture in the
Id extending his hand for a glad
said. with a pleasant smile upon
IS: "Hal, I'm the happ est man in
@orld, although | am on my death
q My ony trouble was about
&c. Now | know that she will be
l% live comfortab bly," He laid down
and | called his other back, so
81 could retire and think matters
kK ! always like to saunter about
IN a reflective mood, and upon this
sNpn | went out and walked around
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-11
CHAPTER Y.
He SICK MANS BEDSIDE.

HI
q went downstairs, after the advent
II described in the previous chapter,
III stepped into the sick mans room to
he few words of cheer. He put out
n hand feebly to me, and taking it in
Die / sat down by his side. His deep
Aker eyes and wan, sallow look; the
Hlp upon his lips, scalding and parch-
FL the tender skin, and the hot steam
Nt came forth as breath, indicated
ast dread disease of the South, yellow
Ter.
Friend Burton. thought [, thou art
lin to the sleep that knows no waking,
81 which gives to such as thee the
k BLASTING dream of paradise. Thy
sfit will break it's earthly bounds to
aA der unrestrained in those celest al
IONS which it has heretofore seen but
EMANCIPATION. Thy fair Zeyna and
Ix@elf will end thy unhappy mundane
lIEtship at the altar of the Supreme
sEH wedding march will be down the
sHhs of the Happy Land, where thou
Hist not seek surcease of sorrow, for
S22ght but joy is there
Hs al" said Burton, Il haze been tell
Hksmother that YOU would be son to
salwhen | am gone You will cherish
aaK for my sake, won't you, Hal?"
Nakured h m that, so far as [ was able,
Nssbuld help and be a friend to his
b#ler,
hen his mind began to wander in
Il ium, a popularity of his disease,
Tin rambling way he told how dis
he was when he came to the
hn 10
been connected with the pro-
k# orship of the estate were to be, and
Ind that his Zeyna was not Of the
zig; how he had many and many
q ks come and dwelt for weeks in the
aAHIouse, alone in it's awfu dizziness.
The mi hit catch but glimpse of
&but all in vain until he had seen
Ia the library the night before: how
asNkinni had appeared to him when |
nick in the hospital, and told him
Mi was to work out the problem of
N#khaunted house; how his almost
liant habitation among Supernat-
si# beings had cast shade of the
N&natural over himself, so that he
Md unlike his fellow mortalS, and
ften the object of wonderment and
ay to superstit Gus people; how he
EsFtimes questioned himself as to his
skIsly, as to the niche he was to fill in
Nrand sum of the Creator handi-
III as to whether he was really a
Id, or a spirit apparently C othed in
SFN how his tastes and thoughts so
led with those of others that he
ed not among men, but sought the
M and beautiful scenes of Nature
nothered in golden reaches of i'm
1 ftion the laundering grief for his
one. Then his worrying delirium
! I'D to pass away, and he Strengthened
upon the couch and aid quite still
yeral hours. dur ng which tine I
4 red letter to Montinni's heir, to
Nit to him to Venice By telegraph
s@*sS4a bio
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-11

EVERY State has its ..fnvoritc son. but
only one has its faroritc daugEter-state of
inatrlmony.-Thc Eye.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
AN ABoRTIvE CONSPIRACY.

The Republican conspiracy to capture
the senate Of the state of New York, and
thus block the beneficial legislation
which will result from both branches of
the legislature being in accord with
Governor Flower, has failed. Senator
Edwards, Independent. has looked upon
the $4,000 majority given to Flower. and
has felt conscientiously impelled to re-
spect the wishes of the people. AS
consequence, Democratic organization
was effected in both branches of the
legislature yesterday, and Governor
Flower congratulates the people upon
this auspicious result. His first recon-
mendation is that provision should be
made for the enumeration of the peo-
pie, as provided for in the constitution
of New York, with view to the reap
portioning of the legislative and con-
gressional districts. That this will be
done admits of no doubt, and wrong
of long standing bids fair to be rectified.
"Time at last makes all things even."
We shall now shortly know the real
population of the city of New York.
Hitherto we have been dependent on
the federal census for any information
in that line. How reliable that source
is has been shown in the gross
under-enumeration of the Angelic
city. But in the case of New York
there was strong political motive on
the part of the Republican census
takers. Every hundred thousand in
habitants they could lop off from New
York and Kings counties added SO
much to the Republican representation
in both branches of the New York legis-
lature and in the house of representa-
tives of the United States. 1t did more
than that, for it assured an almost unin-
terrupted succession of Republican
United States senators from that state.
This was very delightful little game,
but it has been blocked for
ever. Hereafter we shall not
be treated to the strange spectacle
of the state of New York going Demo
cratic by from thirty to fifty thousand,
while through gross gerrymander, the
legislature turned up Republican. Sen
ator Hiscock and his friends, who assem-
sembled.at the Fifth Avenue hotel day
before yesterday, to stay the tide of
Democratic triumph, have failed utterly.
They may now put in their time biting
a file or its equivalent; and, meanwhile,
Senator Hiscock will have Democratic
,,aoaeeor
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06

SENATOR STEWART claims to have dis
covered a provision in the coinage act
of 1887, that has not been repealed or
modified by any subsequent act, enti-
tling any holder of silver bullion to
the free coinage thereof. That this
law should have been so long
on the statute books, and entirely for
gotten and overlooked, is remarkable,
though not altogether without precedent.
There is now pending in the United
States supreme court the "silver brick
CASE" wherein several citizens of Dem
yer presented silver brick at the mint
and demanded to have it coined into
dollars for their use. The director of
the mint refused, and they appealed to
the courts to enforce their demand. If
the law that Senator Stewart cites is
still in force the supreme court will
have to order the coinage of Merrick ct
al.'s brick, and all other bullion that is
presented at the mints and thus, to the
dismay of the gold bugs, free coinage
will be in active operation at the very
moment they are congratulating them
selves on having a congress that would
not pass a free coinage bill over 5 #.
in. presidents veto.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
ANALOGOUS SEASONS.

All the indications point for heavy
rain shortly. There are large number
of people in Los Angeles county who
are not aware of the fact that the hap
piest and most profitable seasons we
have had have been when the rains
came after the holidays. Nothing is
truer than this statement. Old settlers
recall it well. 1t has been often adverted
to in the HERALD because it is necessary
to reiterate matters of prime impor-
tance. Since the celebrated year of
drouth lS76-77 we have not had dry
year in Los Angeles county. That was
an exceptionally dry year. The rainfall
was only 4.S5 inches. But even then
crops were made in many cases where
the farmers had had the foresight to
put in their seed early. From that year
to this we have not had crop failure.
This circumstance is ascribed to two cir
cumstances, viz, the extensive planting
of trees and the capillary attraction re-
sulting from the opening up of the
soil. The season preceding the drouth,
loI4-15, was good one, and 1T started
out very much after the fashion of the
present season. 1t rained early and
then came long gap, and the croaker
made his presence felt in the land. The
Christmas holidays passed without
drop of rain, and the man who delights
in predicting evil was in his element.
But, 10 and behold on the 10Th of Jam
uary the gates of heaven were opened
and an all-suficing and benefcent rain
began to fail, which assured abundant
crops. The analogy between the two
seasons is very marked. Instances of the
same kind could be multiplied, but one
will suffice for the purposes OF our argu-
ment. The professional croaker also
seems to forget that the area OF bottom
lands, which supply their own water
from below, and from seepage, and OF
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06

AT A meeting of representatives OF the
transcontinental roads in Chicago, yes
terday, the rate on oranges would have
been reduced from $1.25 to 80 cents per
hundred pounds had not one of the lines
objected. All the rest favored the reduc-
tion, but as the rules of the association
require a unanimous vote, they were
powerless to act. We are not informed
which of the companies objected. but if
the shippers were to find out, and,
wherever possible, route their freight
over. the friendly lines, the objecting
road might be brought to see the desira-
bility of consenting to the reduction.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06

Pulitzer. This latter gentleman's success
was the more singular because he went
to New York from St. Louis, and New
Workers are notoriously not partial to
newcomers.
Both the machinery and the intel
lectual equipment Of great metropoli-
tan daily are on a prodigious scale. The
printing and distribution of 100000
copies OF newspaper in few hours
over great city and great stretches OF
contiguous territory is of itself a gigantic
operation, requiring infinite energy and
technical skill. A press which can print,
fold and paste 10000 copies of twenty
or thirty-page paper-or perhaps forty
four page paper-in an hour, is thing
to be looked on with awe. In the office
of the New York World six OF
these wonderful machines are kept
running side by side in work
ing off it's mammoth edition. Such an
achievement is an impressive tribute to
the supremacy of the inventive genius
of this modern age. The widely dis
seminated telegraphic service, with an
army of correspondents scattered over
the globe, reproducing minutely every
morning every event that happens in
any portion of the world, for the papers
patrons at the breakfast table the next
morning is scarcely less wonderful.
The size of some of the special editions
of the great dailies is scarcely less a
matter for astonishment. Some of them
have frequently issued editions that
would make volume, if set in ordinary
book type, half as large as Webster's g
standard dictionary. They can scarcely
be intended to be read, for no human
being could read one through in the
compass of day. Perhaps the ten
dency in this direction has been pushed
to too great extremes, and will shortly
invite reaction which will bring the
compact and carefully edited paper into
great popular favor. 1t is to be hoped
30, for human perseverance, and ability
to master difficulties, have their limits.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
THE LAW COLLEGE
Successfully Opened by John w.
Mitchell.

Mitchell.
The formal opening of the law school
was held last night in the Los Angeles
Business college rooms under very
favorable auspices.
John w. Mitchell delivered the lee
ture of the evening, taking very ap-
priately as his subject The Study of the
Law. He closed with the following re-
marks:
In conclusion, l cannot refrain from
directing few words exclusively to the
students who hope to become members
of the bar. Your undertaking is oner-
GUS; your ambition is laudable. There
is." saws Edward Coke, "no jewel in the
world comparable to learning; no learn
ing SO excellent, both for prince and
subject, as knowledge of laws" In
deed the law in one sense. and undefiled
by thoughtless legislation, is a most
exact science and the very essence of
reason. Do not hope or desire to en-
compass it without labor and patience,
nor in a day, month, or year,
for it is lifetime study. Read
il every day and every day
YOU will discover hidden truths you
had not seen before. And when your
student days are passed and in manhood
YOU are ready to enter the profession
YOU select for calling, remember it has
for its purpose the noblest aims. True,
they are at times perverted by the con-
duct of those who are unworthy to enter
that circle, who seek results by short
cuts and chicanery. Such have the
means of bringing the fraternity, as
class, into disrepute. But do not let
this deter you. You will find that all
professions and all classes are rather
Judged by the acts of the black sheep of
the fold than by the deeds of the virtu-
ous. Whatever else may be said to the
contrary, our country owes the deepest
debt of gratitude to this abused and be-
Titled class-for there is hardly pillar
that supports this marvellous structure
OF free institutions that was not by them
carved and put in place. And the
recognition and remembrance of this
and the influence of the good men in
the profession and those to hereafter
enter it, will in time remove the stigmas
that the acts of rogues have created.
And when you have entered the profes-
sion so demean yourself that its best
honors may be bedtting to you. For
mark that the judge, the highest human
official, must first be as one OF
you. And if any of you should be so
fitted and be called to this great office,
and should be proved even in part to be
of the material and calibre of that great
chancellor, Sir Thomas Moore, who
jeopardized position, fortune, princes
favor and life itself, for his convictions
of law and justice; or of him who, in
the face OF certain suspicion, could say
to corrupt, designing and conniving
reigning power, who attempted to influ-
ence his decision: "When the case
shall be, shall do that which shall be
fit for Judge to do" If there be but
one student to situnder these discourses
and he prove such a man, the laborers
here will be repaid, for the work will
not have been in vain.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
MILLER'S REQUEST.
He Wants Stolen Gold and His Re
volver or Coin.

He Wants Stolen Gold and His Re-
volver or Coin.
When United States Marshal Gard
opened his mail yesterday morning he
was surprised to find letter from
Henry Miller, knight of the road, now
doing time in the penitentiary at San
Quentin for robbing stage.
Miller was arrested in this city and
taken to Arizona for trial. He was
found guilty of holding up stage on
the road between Casa Grande and
Florence, Arizona, and sentenced to
eight years imprisonment.
He is known to be the perpetrator of
a number of similar robberies, the hold
ing up of a Redding stage being at
tributed to him, and he is regarded as
one of the best in his line OF work.
In his letter to Major Gard, Miller de-
nies that he had anything to do with
the Redding stage robbery. He asks
for some gold and a revolver that was
taken from him at the time of his ar
rest, and offers to compromise the mat
ter if the marshal will send him $36.
The marshal wrote that the gold had
been identified as being stolen from
Wells, Fargo & Co. at Weaverville, in
March, 1891, and that the revolver will
be kept as evidence that it was used to
shoot the stage driver on that occasion.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
rHR ILLUSTRATED HERALD.

For some days past canvassers have
been out soliciting advertisements for
the ILLUSTRATED HERALD ANNUAL. This
will be the twelfth issue of this invalua-
BILE publication, which has done so much
to develop Los Angeles and Southern
California. Our agents have met most
gratifying success, and they will remain
In the field until it is time to put the
work to press.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
La Grippei

The tendency of this disease toward
pneumonia is what makes it dangerous.
La grippe requires precisely the same
treatment as severe cold. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is famous for its
cures of severe colds. This remedy
successfully counteracts the tendency of
the disease to result in pneumonia,
provided that proper care be taken to
avoid exposure when recovering from
the attack. Careful inquiry among the
many thousands who have used this
remedy during the epidemics of the
past two years has failed to discover a
single case that has not recovered or
that has resulted in pneumonia. Fifty
cent and 81 bottles for sale by G. F.
Heinzeman, 222 North Main street.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06

THREE hundred and twenty-five new
bills were introduced in the house yes
terday, and many in the senate. Among
them is one by our own and only Con-
gresham Bowers. The statesman from
the Silver state desires to have the nat
uralization laws amended, so as to make
at least ten years residence in this
country necessary to become citizen.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
TUESDAY,, JANUARY 3. isss.
/" HERALD PREMIUM MAP.

A pocket map of the city of Los Angeles and
suburbs is now out. This new map has been
gotten up with great care and expense for the
HERALD. 1t will prove valuable guide and
chart of reference to both newcomers and
old residents 1t indicates the lines of all the
street railways in operation and in process OF
construction. 1t gives the names of all the
streets. corrected to date; table OF dis
sances to points in Los Angeles county and
vicinity, and many other valuable points
of reference and information. making better
and more complete map and guide OF this city
than ever previously issued.
This valuable premium with the HERALD will
bey,elivered free to the address of any new city
subscriber who will pay one months subserip-
tion in advance.