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"a correspondent has sent us story
fom Chambers's Journal. June 20, 1874.
Is ii story of the time when lucifer
patches were introduced-of the time,
'owhen body-snatching inspired dread
II Tears in the popular mind. The mar
1--WE, therefore, may not be without in
rest at the present day.
An extraordinary event happened In
ae purgh. nothing less than the intro
uctlon of lucifer matches. You must
now that Provost Dickson was a very
uhny man, always contriving some play
Joke to get a laugh among his
.O'lpahions, and turning mostly all
sorts of things into ridcule, so that the
'o"h was never well out of one piece of
W. masgery of his till 1t was into another
l"e provost had been In Edinburgh one
market day, and had seen the things
.aned instantaneous lights or lucifer
''ches, at the inn where he put up.
nafe say 1t must have been fifteen
"'s since: so you see it's not a story
W yesterday that I'm going tn tell you.
~ the provost was uncommon taken
a, win the lucifers, which he thought
L srahdest thing he had ever seen,
n.ep'hs off gas and steam; a great i'm
a, A.. they surely were upon the
or ana Undertook. which you might
,, n hammer at for half an hour at a
ma and not get light after all. 80
provost. what does he do but give
!. "iend' that was going to Edinburgh
business. eighteen pence to buy a
Oh the lucifsr matches-they were
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a rest: and he also had the whole sur
face smoothed down. and neat square
stones stuck in. to mark every family's
piece OF ground; and then he behooved
to have nice gravel walks laid out, with
evergreen bushes along the sides of
them; and that occasioned awful troub-
les. for this one came and said 1t cut
in upon his grandfather and that one
spake up and said 1t went clear over
the heads OF his last two wives, and so
on. Howsoever. our Provost. who was
a real clever thorough going person, and
a determined reformer of everything
that would reform. fought his way out
of all his perpleXities, and made real
fine job OF 1t at last, so that it's now
said there Is not smarter or n more
comfortable looking kirkyard to be any
where seen than ours. And so the talk
went on Till we came to speak about
the resurrection-men that used to be 80
busy in bypast years, robbing all the
unsuspecting little kirkyards in the
country side.
Have a care OF u.s." said Bailie Bry-
done; they were dreadful folk. these
resurrection men. | mind OF story
that was told about them some years
since. Two Of them came one night TO
this town in gig, and robbed the kirk
yard of a corpse that was but newly put
into II. 1t was wrights wife they
called Marshal, that lived in the Back
Raw: ! mind o. the woman well. for she
used TO help in our house at the wash
ings. The tollmen had let the two men
pass through his bar that night at 10
o'clock, and taken good look at them,
for they were evidently folk that did not
belong to hereabouts: but he thought no
more about them till a while after L.,
when he was Weakened up again to let
them pass through on their way back to
Edinburgh. Out he came with lam
tern. in the rain, grudging very sore, no
doubt. to be reused up at such an UNI
timeous hour. Well. he looked up, half
sleeping as he was. at the men. and was
a good deal surprised to see that there
was now a third person In the gig-a
person like In . woman's cloak and bon
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net but seeming as II she were asleep,
and not able on that account to keep up
her head. However, they passed. of
course, and the tollman--it was man
they called Crichton-thought no more
about 1t till "A week after. when 1t was
discovered that the figure sitting be-
tween the two men could be no other
than Katy Marshall, that had been
buried the day before. but was now
missing out of her grave"
"Oh, that's gruesome story, ballie,
said Sanders.
That It is" quoth the bailie; but
everything connected with the doctors
is fearsome understand they are
dreadful places, those lecture-rooms in
Edinburgh. where they teach the young
doctors. There's n place called Surgeon
Square that could tell many tale Of
horror. for it's all composed OF anatom-
ical lecture-roomS together. There was
a laadie belonging to this town that went
to Edinburgh ana became an artist A
son Of Thomas Porteous, the baker-a
fine ladiie he was, but ne did not live to
come to any distinction as painter.
Well. I've heard the Gallant myself tell
ing n strange adventure he once had in
Surgeon Square among the doctors. There
WAS "A lecturer that wished to have some
paintings made OF few beautiful cases
of liberation. as he called them. though
how there could be any beauty there |
cannot well see. SO he brought young
Porteous one afternoon to draw the
ulcers for him. | believe he intended to
have the pictures hung up in the lecture
room. by way OF a great ornament, after
they were done. The laddle had brought
all the proper materials for the purpose.
and he set to work Immediately. though
he by no means liked the job. BY and
by the lecturer went home to his tea,
and then he came back again and at
tended to some business OF his own In the
principal room, and In process OF time
he quite forgot the poor laddie that was
painting the beautiful ulcers upstairs. SO
when It began to grow dark he went
away. as he was accustomed to do at
that hour. locking the door behind him.
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things all round him, the doctor came
and let him out. He had gone to his
bed. but fortunately came in mind Of the
Young painter before he fell asleep. So
he rose Immediately, and came with q
lantern, In great concern lest the Gallant
should have been the waur OF In his
mind. However, he found him quite
right in that respect, although there's
no saying what whole night spent In
the dark in such a place might have
done"
"Hech but lights precious" said San.
ders, looking queerwise at the candle:
M one only can be sure that 1t comes
in right way. Aih, provost, ye're
surely no canny."
You're nothing but fule, Sanders"
says the provost Did We never see .
candle lighted ore?"
GU ay, me- time-but In sic Q
way! Have care of us! l hope naeth-
ing will come of it TO harm my house.
or the wife and BARNS. l thought the
black ART had been a at an end; but
see wonders will never cease
And SO the chat went on again. with
great deal of fun about Sanders's
fright, which we all thought had been
extremely we'll managed, the fearsoms
story OF the young painter having
wrought his nerves up timely for the
start at the flash of the light. At last.
after grea; deal of joking and non
sense. when We were all on our feet to
of luciterS and gave 1t as present to
Sanders, to make w for the fright he
had got Sanders was not for touching
1t at first. but he soon came round
when the provost showed him the way to
light the matches. And then we all took
our ways home, still laughing to our
selves at the r!ch, treat of Sanderss
frightened face. and thinking We never
had had funnier play in our days.
1t soon o0zed out among the neighbors
what a droll business there had been on
Monday night at Sanders Nivens's, ana
great was the curiosity to hear the
Story. So, night after night, parties OF
the towns folk met in Sanders's house
to get It all from his own mouth over q
lug of toddy and see the luq4ers lighted
BY way OF Illustration. 1t Rally turned
out to be grand business for Sanders.
he observed. In his pawky way, that
Provost Decisions lucifer match heA
keepit the tcHn In het water for . togop
night.-NewcAstle CEng.) chronleaA -,
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Hlk&
50 West 23d Street.

and one or two more. into Sanders's
house, where he said there was going to
be single glass of punch; and. ac-
cordingly, by o'clock that night we
were most of us gathered round Sand
ers's parlor table. where a single short
six gave us all the light We required.
When Sanders brought In the jug and
glasses the provost asked him how he
did, and requested that he would come
in and sit down while. which he
blithely consented to. and in five min
utes in comes Sanders with his better
coat Oh and clean washed face. and
his hair new combed.
Come away in bye. Sanders" says
the provost. land dinna sit on the door.
but go into the fire. for really It's a
goldfish kind of night, and the winds
unco sair in the east. Have ye brought
& glass for yourself Sanders?"
AYE, that haze, provost-muckle
obleeged to you"
And so Sanders sat down, and the
toddy was made real good by the Dean,
who was a grand hand at Jug. And
we all began to converse on the topics
of the day. the landlord taking his
share of both toddy and the chat as
well as the rest. by and by We came
to talk of two improvements that the
Provost had a great hand in-namely.
the new-seating Of the kirk, and the
new arrangements in the kirkyard. He
had made both the living and the dead
sit about most astonishingly. The
provost was very great upon both sub
iects 1t would have been nothing at
all to make the living folk shift their
places little In the kirk where It was
necessary; but when he began to med
die with the dead folk, there was ter
rible storm, raised about his ears. His
object, you must know. was to make
the burial ground something neat. for 1t
had gotten into strange disorder In the
course Of time. and there were no right
walks through It. And 80 what does
he do but makes every one of the old
upright stones lie fiat down upon the
ground, as II they had gotten tired OF
standing 30 long. and were wishing for
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Little Porteous had no idea that he was
LEFT alone in the house till 1t grew too
dark for him to work any longer and
then he laid down his pencils and thought
ne would go and speak To the doctor 10
let him out lie was rather eerle when
he found that the house was all ouiot
and dark, and particularly when he got
MS myers entangled In hanging skele-
Ton IN the passage as he was cropping his
way along. However he kept IN his
neart. thinking he would hnl the doctor
In the theatre--thats what they call the
iecture-room And so he CROPPED along
ana along I'LL he did get into the theatre:
nut great was his alarm when he found
all dark there, and no doctor He then
knew that he had been left by accident.
ana was the only living being there
among so many relies OF the dead; and
you may be sure 1t Was IA very awful
consideration to young laidIe scarcely
year away from school. There was lust
wee gimmerlng from the skylight that
enabled him to see here and there a
skeleton or a bottled preparation OF some
thing still more horrible, such as a grin
ming chart OF split-up head or a wee
monkey-iile wean that had never come
to life. and was now put up here to dance
In a bottle o. sperrits TO all eternity. Oh
oa-terrible sights indeed"
"Merc!ful Providence" cried Sanders.
We'll. the laddie. nevertheless being
In kind OF desperation, made his way
to the door, but found II locked. He set
to knocking at IT with all his might:
but the sound only made great echo
in the theatre, and frightened him more
He listened for noises in the square, but
not a footstep was 10 be heard. He
then went back to the theatre and sat
down for while, trying all he could
to avoid seeing the fearsome things.
Long he sat there, half-stupehei with
terror, yet aye thinking that surely the
doctor would remember him, and that he
would next minute hear footstep or
see light coming to his deliverance'--
At that moment the provost snuffed
out the candle. and put US into the same
darkness that Porteous was In, for we
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had hardly any light from the fire. 1t
gave us all great start. having been
wrought up by the bailie's story into a
timorsome state OF mind.
I'm run to the passage to get 1t light
ed again" said Sanders; and he was
bustling out with the short-six in his
hand. accordingly. when the provost, in
an authoritative voice. cried:
stop. Sanders set down the candle"
Which Sanders did. not knowing what
TO think Of it,
"Rr-h-h-t! Fuff!" played something
in the provost's hands, and Immediately
we saw a small but waxing light blue
at FIRST. and bright afterwards. and then
, We were all sensible OF a great smell of
birthstone. And To- In three seconds
the provost had the candle lighted
again.
"Alh, mercy on u.s." cried Sanders in
n desperate tone OF voice. What's that?
The cnemy's surely got amanS us. Am
pity on NE. Provost. what's this you've
done" And when we looked We saw
that Sanders's hair which was usually
CLAIMED so close down on his brow. had
got half way up into an erect position,
while his eyes were staring as II they
would jump out OF his head
sit down, Sanders" cried the pro-
yost in the same commanding voice.
what are ye glowring there at? What
harm is there in lighting the candle
again. when it's been snuffed out?
What are you frightened at?'
lou, I'm no frightened" said Sanders
mechanically: and he then sat down on
the furthest away chair from the pro-
vost. trembling from head TO foot,
But. guide us "a the like O. that saw
I never. What wonderful things are
taking place nowadays There's nae
reality in naething moo"
stun" said Dickson; such a work
about relighting a snuffed-out candle I!
Baile, 20 on with your story"
"oh. my story's just about done.
quoth the bailie; for had only to tell
you that after II o'clock. when the poor
frightened laddie had been three hours
In the dSrk theatre. WI the fesrsome
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SUED BY WIFE NO. 3.
Mrs. Wrieth Says She Cannot Live
With Her Aged Husband.
Declares that He Is Sticky and
that He Starves Her.
Her Motion for Alimony and Coun-
sci Fec Denied.

Mrs. Caroline Wrieth is the third
wife of Gottlieb l.. Wrieth. who is
slxty-one years old. They have been
married but five weeks. and now she Is
suing her elderly spouse for separation.
She lost the first skirmish in the
fight to-day, when Justice Andrews, Of
the Supreme Court. rendered a decision
denying her motion for an order grant
Ing her alimony and counsel fees pend
Ing the decision Of the suit.
Mrs. Wrieth was married May %. Her
husband has seven children. all of whom
live with him, the eldest being a daugh-
ter, twenty-three years old, and the
youngest about four years old. They
live at Lindenhurst, l.. l., where Mr..
Wrieth conducts a grocery and liquor
store.
Mrs. Wrieth alleges that 1t. is unsafe
for her to live with her husband. because
OF a disease of the throat with which
he Is suffering and which she says is
incurable.
She further says that wrieth is misery
for her properly actually starved her.
She says that instead of installing her as
mistress OF his house and allowing her
to take charge of the household affairs
he put his eldest daughter in charge
and made her virtually a servant.
Mrs. Wrieth swears that her husband
has between $4,000 and $4,000 In real
estate and takes In from $50 to $50 a day
in his store.
MIR. Wrieth enters a general denial to
his wife's charges and tells an entirely
different story of their troubles. He
says that his young wife was a wash
woman when he married her after a
very short acquaintance. He always
provided for her properly. he says. and
she had no reason for leaving him.
He charges that she left him without
saying a word and that he did not know
where she was until he received the
summons and complaint in this action
He swears that his real estate is not
worth more than $1,000 and that the
profits from his store will not exceed
$l4 week
Mr.. Wrieth Is corroborated in part by
the affidavit of his daughter. and also
by his family physician.
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HeN tickets Tor the others on the
Columbia.
One little English woman was tearfully
protesting at being left behind Her
luggage, containing clothing for herself
AZ | three children, had gone oil the Paris
and she had no option but to follow on
tn" Columbia. she was left without even
a change of clothing, and fund little so
lace In the assurance that he baggage
would be held al Southampton.
Here, what are you going to do about
this" aueried John McAllister, a six
foot Scotchman. II have come all the
way from Niles. o.. over 500 miles. with
these four tickets for the Paris. | paid
SIS each for them and could buy them
here to-day for So It's all we'll enough
TO send me- on the other boat. but who's
going to pay for the meals I'll have to
buy for four people while we're de-
tanned"
This was but one OF the many in
uulries that the long suffering clerks
were compelled to give up"
AS the Noordland's steerage list was
only $50, there being little desire for
passage for Antwerp direct, there was
no difficulty in accommodating all who
choose to sail by her.
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ABS0LUTELYFRE TO ALL.
How Dr. Copeland Let the Light in on the Word Free
The Climax of This Rerna rl<ab1e Series
During the Summer Months-Is 1t Any
Wonder that People Are Surprised and
Grateful?

tice Of Dr. Copelands course in laying hsrs
every effort TO trade upon public creduiity. The
louder the howl. the more apparent the accuracy
OF the shot
Those who endcavorcd to Introduce
bunco methods into medical practice,
with the use OF the word Free" shrunL
from the light that this series brought
upon them, conteutiug themselves with
the consolation that Drs. Copeland and
Gardner, could not long endure the ex.
pe.se. They nisiudged their masters.
The lesson was only begun. The expense
was = triaing consideration compared
with the end to he renched-the suppre.-
sion OF medical deception So when this
last chapter was announced, All treat
nent free during tho summer months"
they exploded In - shrek OF rage, why,
they can't do u. They can't pay adver.
tising bills and do Il. They can't pay rent
and do It."
OH. YES THEY CAN.
but pra Copeland 4 Gardner can do II. The
cost was all counted beforehand--the time OF the
lessons the expense invoived--aii carefully con-
sidcred. limit was set. OF course. Drs. Cope
land Gardner do not assume to bs abs to
continue tho plan for an unlimited time. But Up
TO the limit Of t,ms set. the frst OF September,
they will carry out to the letter their printed
announcements. and give every patient treatment
absolutely free charging no more than the actual
cost OF the medicine.
or cOurse Drs Copeland and Gardner
are not making moaey out OF II. Those
who seem In such frantic esgerne-s to
prevent the public from taking advantage
OF this wonderful opportunity are well
como to all the consolation they can get
out of this Drs. Con. land and Gardner
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To be sure. unfortunate persons. who for
selfish reasons have endeavored to stay the rapidly
increasing popularity OF the Copeland work--ln-
divduals not altogether worthy in their methods
and purposes, whose schemes have been brought
to the surface. and thereby rendered Improbable
by this series Of lessons in free trestmcnt-are
not altogether pleased. That they should vent
their spieei is natural 1t is also pardonabIe. in
a measure. for the more intense their expressions
of chagrn. the more clearly 10 marked the jus
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Sues His Partner for Islander.

Simon Wollak and Kari IIovarth are partners
In the saloon at 81 Cortland street For some
time they have been unable To agree amicabiy,
and the result has been numerous lswsuits. all
OF which eventually ended in smoke Wol'ak.
however. through Lawyer Louis Steckler. has
now brought suit TO recover $40, 900 damages in
the city Court against liowarth for ISLANDER. ue
charges in his complaint that fiowsrth ms|icIously
and without just cause called him thief and
accused him OF stealing mOncy.
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Rnvagcs of Army Worms.
BY Associated Press.

IBy Associated Press)
MARSHFlELD. Wis, July 1s.--Thousands OF
dollars worth of damage is being done daily by
the ravages Of the army worm in this vicinity.
The hay cut and placed In barns Is full of them
and farmers are afraid to feed 1t to stock II Is
by far the worst scourge that has ever visited
Ibis portion Of the state.
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ALL TREATMENT FREE. NO
CHARGE WHATEVER FOR PRO-
FESSiONAL SERVICES. THE PA
TENT REQUIRED To PAY MOTH.
ING But THE ACTUAL COST OF
THE MEDICINES HE USES. NO
DEBT OK OBLIGATION TO PAY AT
ANY FUTURE TIME. THE TREAT
MENT ACTUALLY FREE, JUST As
1T Is REPRESENTED TO BE.
7. tn nrst day Of this present month
that Dr. Copeland turned the leaf Of this the last
and most remarkable chapter In this series OF
lessons In FIRE. treatment From the public has
been heard nothing but expressions Of grateful
surprise at the opportunity offered. OF cordial
caserncss to take advantage Of 1t. and Of un-
qualified approval at the completeness with which
the wonderful promise OF the printed announce
ment is made good in tho consultation room.
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For entertaining gossip of tho
turf. tho ball neld and the ring
read the O'CIock Edition and the
sporting Extra OF The Evening
World.
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VIII Open the station ON Sept. I.
NV Associatea Pres.N

NY NhsOClateu FressD
ST. LOUIS, July ls.-The new union station
which has the largest train service In the world
VIII be formally opened Sept with cerc-
monies commensurate with the prominence OF the
institution and the amount OF capital involved.
The new station to have been ready for
business on March last, but the opening was
deferred.
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Goals Rolled out ON the Floor.

Inc embers left In the forge at Peter Dolen's
blacksmith shop. la3 HorEtio street rolled ont
on the moor at . 30 ocl,ck This ,ro,,,,r 50,
NC building was damaged $500 by the Are which
followed A stable In the rear belonging 10
John Irwin was partially burned
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THEY AIM AT A BIG SCHISM,
Polish Catholics at Cleveland May
Attempt Revolution.

CLEVELAND, July 1S.-The seceders
from the st. StanlslaIs Roman Catholic
Polish Church contemplate attempting
revolution in Roman Catholicism, which
they hope Will prove National II not
Worldwide. They have appointed a
Polish National Church Committee and
will issue a proclamation to dissatisfied
Poles all over the United States, inviting
them to flock to the standard of another
church. which will probably be that of
the Armenian Church.
Rev. Mr.. Knowles, priest Of that
Church is now in conference with the
Patriarch of Antioch, seeking an appoint
rent rs Archbishop. II he succeeds he
will probably appoint Rev. f. A. kol-
a1wiski, of this city. the leader Of the
Polish seceders, a Bishop.
a standard tonic and appetizer, NIilhau's
Calisaya for 64 years. Hall the retail sale July 81
Soes to lfes Fresh Air Fund. MILHAU, 1Sl
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You read The Evening World!'
Do you read the sunday World?
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Mrs Charles Miller ses Carroll street, Brook
lyn. is the wife of Mr.. Charles Miller. the
well-known steamboat pilot, engaged In the prsc-
tice OF his profession for the past sixteen years
on the rivers and harbor OF New York Mrs.
Miller said: II had Facial Neuralgia and Catarrh
OF stomach for number OF years and was I'M
able to get any relief from the terrible suffering
until was treated by Drs. Copeland and Gard
ner. Their treatment is the best I ever expert
enced and 1t has entirely cured me"