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aloud that It might soon be over with,
So only those screams might be stopped.
II seemed as though II had gone on
for hours. when some men rushed IN
with lantern and long, sharp irons. A
hundred voices cried. Here he is, over
here" and they ran around outside the
cage and threw the light q the lantern
laced clothes writhei and twisted be-
meath three great bu!ks OF fulvous hide
and brlsthns black maaa
The irons were useless. The three
frirics dragged their prey out OF their
reach and yrOuched over IL again and
recommended, No one dared go into the
cage, and siill the man lived and strug-
gled and screamed.
saw Toppln,s finger go to his mouth;
and through that medley of dreadful
noises there issued sound that. sick as
was. made me shrink anew ana close
my eyes and teeth and shuddcr as
though some cold slime had been poured
through the hollow OF my bones where
the marrow should be. II was as the
noise OF fine whsplash, mingled with
bred times. and ended in an abrupt
clack.ng noise thrice repeated.
At once remembered whore / had
heard u before, because, having onct
heard the hiss Of an aroused and angry
serpent, no child OF Eve can ever for
get IT,
The sound that now came from be
tween Toppan's teeth and that filled the
arena from wall to wall was the sound
that | mad heard once before IN she
Paris Jarlin des Pltntcs AT feeding
time-the sound made by the great con-
siric'ors when their huge bodies are
loopei and cooled Ike a reata for the
throw that never misses, that never Re
lakes and that no beast OF the field -
built strong enough to withstand. All
the nlthv vICkednes' and aboT.-
Unable malice OF the centuries since the
Enemy FIRST entered into that shape that
CTaHls VAS concentrated IN that
hoarse. whistiing hisS-a hiss that was
COLI and piercing like an !ciC.e made
sound II was not loud, hut had In II
sOTr sort Of penetrating quality that
cut through the waves OF hOrrid sounds
about IS. as the snake-CarN" d PROV OF
"a viking galley might cut It's way
through the tumOing edlies Of tide.
At the second repetition the lions
paused None better than they knew
what was the meaning OF that hiss.
They had heard II before In their ma
tive hunting grounds in the earlier dayl
OF Summer, when. the FIRST heat lay
close over the jungle, like the hollow Of
the palm OF an angry god. Or, II they
themselves had not heard Il. their sires
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SAVED BY A HISS.
T0ppan's Travelling Experience Used at
o. Critical Moment.

In front OF the entrance a "spieler"
stood on starch box and beat upon a
piece OF tin with a stick, and we weakly
succumbed to his frcnzied appeals and
went inside. We did this, ! am sure,
partly to please the 'spieler." who would
have been dreadfully disappointed If we
mad not done so, but partly, too, 10 please
Toppan, who was always interested in
the great beasts and liked to watch them.
|; is possible that you may remember
Iopan as the man who married Victoria
Boyden, and, in so doing, thrust his
greatness from him and became bank
clerk instead OF an explorer. After he
married, he came to be quite ashamed Of
what he had done in Thibet and Africa
aud other unknown corners OF the earth.
and after after a while seldom spoke Of
that part of his life at all; or. when he
old. II was only to allude to 1t as a pass
Ing hoyish fancy, altogether foolish and
silly like calf love and early attempts at
poetry.
Il used to think / was going to set
the world on fire at one time" he said
once. Il suppose every young fellow has
some such ideas. | only made an ass OF
myself, and I'm glad I'm well out OF it,
Victoria saved me from that"
But this was long afterwards. He died
hard, and sometimes he would have
moments OF strength In his weakness.
Just as before he had given up his ca
feer during a moment of weakness in
MS strength. During the first years
after he had given up his career he
thought he was content with the way
things had come to be; but II was not
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SHINY hat entered and announced THE
worlds greatest lion-tamer." Then he
went away, and the tanner came in and
stood erpectantly by the side OF the
ontr nee: there was another short wait
and the band struck a long minor chord.
And then they came in. one after the
other, with long, croucning, lurching
strides. not at all gOol-1umoTeIly. like
IN" dogs OF the elephant, or even the
bear, but with ow-hanging heads. surly,
watchfui,. their eyes cleaning with the
rage and hate that burned in their
hearts and that they. dared not vent.
Their loose, yellow hide rolled and rip
plei over the great muscles as t1ey
novel, ana the breath coming from their
not, hdlf-Jpsn mouths turned to steam
as it struck The air.
dragged out u tae centre. and the tanner
made a sharp sound Of command. Slowly
and with sHi'Cning tails. TWO OF them
oaeye J.. and clanhering upon the bal
anC!DS- board, swung up ana down. while
the music played see-saw waltz.
And all the while their great eyes
flannel with the dstestatiOn II the thing
and their black upper lips curled away
from tn"ir ! ng iaIgs IN protest OF this
hourly renewed humiliation and degra-
dali %.
AMI one OF the others. while waiting
his turn to he whipped and bullied, sat
looked far away beyond US over the
heads Of tn" audienCe-over int CONT
ntnt and ocean, as II were--as though
he saw something in that quarter that
made him forget his presen. surround
iugs.
You grand old brute" muttered Top
pan. ana then he said. Do YOU know
what you would see II you were TO look
into his eyes nOw2 NOu would see Al
ricI. and unnamed mountains and great
sony stretches Of desert. with hot blue
shadows and plains OF salt, and LARS in
the Jungle gxass and lurking places near
ne paths mt stsinhok make when they
go down TO water. But now h. "a ham
p,Tai ana Clged-is there anything
worse than a Gagged Hon and kept from
'rg III" ne loves and was made for
tur, mere the tdmtr spoke sharply -
him, and his eyes ana crest dropped
and ruled over" concluded Toppin.
" by some one Who is no. 80 great as
he. who has spoiled What was best In
him. and has turned his powers 70
trivial, TcsUltless uses-some one weaker
than he, yet stronger. All. we'll old
brute, II was yours once. we will re-
member that"
They wheeled out a clumsy velocIpede
built expressly for him. and, while the
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playing in a box over the entrance, and
the whole interior vas lighted by an
electric globe slung over the middle of
the cage.
Inside the cage a brown bear-to me
less suggestive of a wild animal than Of
laprobes and furriers' signs-was dan
cling sleepily and allowing himself to ue
prodded by person whose c"Ilu.Oid
standing collar showed white at the
neck above the green OF his TEro!ese
costume The bear was NANCY. and his
steel muzzle had chafed him. and TOP
pan said ne was corrupted OF moth and
rust alike, and the audience appldulcd
but feebly when he and mis- keeper with
drew.
After this We had clown elephant,
dressed in a bib and tucker and vast
baggy bTeeches-like those Of partic-
ularly big. French Turco-who had lunch
with his keeper ant rang the bell and
drank his wine, and wiped his mouth
with a handkerchief and he4quilt,
and pulled the chair from underneath
his companion. seeming to be amused Il;
IL all with strange sort OF suppressed
And then. after they had both made
their bow and gone out, in bounded and
tumbled the dogs, barking and gg!nn.nE
all over, jumping W on their stools and
benches wrigglinG and pushing one an
other about, giggling and excited IKE 80
many kindergarten children on sho"
Torrance rs mucn as the audience dli,
for they never had 10 be told what to do,
and seemed only too eager for their turn
to come. The best OF IL all was that
they were quite unconscious OF the aud
enCe and appeared to DO their tricks Tor
the sake OF the tricks themselves, and
not fer the applause which followed
them. And then after the usual pro-
gramme Of wicker cylinders, hoops and
balls was over, they all rushed on amid
curious scrattlinG OF paws and h!hp'ng
OF "a l. and heels
While this had been going on We hal
been hearing from time 20 tine a great
sound. half whine. half rumbling gut
tural cough, that came from some Were
behind the exit from the cage, II was
repeated at rapidly decreasing intervals.
and grew lower in pitch Until II end" I!
in a short bass grunt. II sounded cruel
and menscinE. and when At It's full vol
anne the wood OF the benches under US
thrilled and vibratsd.
There was a little pause in tire pro
gramme while thearena was cleared and
new and much larger and heavier para
phernalia were set about, and gentle
man with weII-groomed hair and very
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lash whistled and snapped about him.
the conquered king heaved himself upon
II and went around and around the
ring while the band PLAYED a quickstep;
the audience broke into applause. and
the tanner smirked and bodied his we'll
oiled head | thought OF Samson per-
forming for the Philistines and Thus
Media at the triumph OF Germanicus.
The grand beasts. grand though con.
quered, seemed to be the only dignitied
ones In the whole business. ! hated the
hind iron bars; ! hated myself for be-
ing one OF them; and hated the SNUG,
staggering tanner,
The latter had been drawing out vart-
Gus stools and ladders, and now arranged
the lions upon them 50 they should form
a pyramid. with himself on top.
Then he swung himself up among them,
with his heels upon their necks, and,
tnem apart with great snow OF strength,
turning his head to the audience 50 that
all should see.
And just then the eletric-light above
him cracked harshly. Clustered, dropped
down 20 "A penCil OF duh red. then went
out, ana the place Has absolutely dark.
III" band stopped abruptly with dis
cord, and there was an instant OF silence.
Then We heard the stools and ladders
Gathering as the lions !eaped down. and
straight~ay four pairs OF lambert green
spots burned out OF the darkness and
travelled swiftly about here and there,
crossing and recrossing one another Ike
the lights OF steamships in storm.
Heretofore the lions had been sluggish
and inert now they were aroused and
alert in an instant, and We could hear
the swift pad-pa OF their heavy feet as
they swung around the arena, and the
sound Of their great bodies rubbing
against the bars OF the cage as one and
the other passed nearer to US.
| don't think the audience at all ap-
preCidted the situation At frst. for no
one moved or seemed excited. and one
shrill voice suggested that the band
should play. 'Nnen the electric lights
20 out
Keep perfectly quiet, please" called
the tanner out of the darkness, and
certain peculiar ring In his voice was
the hEst int!matlon OF possible dan
ger.
But TCppan knew. and as we heard
the tar'er fumblinE for the catch Of the
gate. which he somehow could not loose
In the darkness. he said. with a rising
voice He wants 10 get that gate
But for their restless movements the
lions were quiet: they uttered no sound.
which was a bad sign. Blinking and
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dazed by the garish blue-whiteness OF a
few moments before. they could see per
fectiy now where the tanner was blind
Listen" said Toppan. Near to US!
and on the inside of the cage, We could
hear a sound as OF some slender body
being whisked back and forth over the
surface OF the floor. In an instant
guessed what II was: one OF the lions
was crouchei there, whipping his sides
with his tail
When he stops that he'll spring,
said Toppan, excltedly.
Bring light. JeTry-quick!' came
People we're clamberlng TO their fee,
by this time, talking loud. and We
heard a woman cry out,
ladies and gentlemen" cried the tanner
1T won't do 10 excite
From the direction Of the voice came
the sound OF a heavy fall and cLas y
that shook the iron grat!ngs IN their
sockets.
lies got him. shouted Toppan.
And then what a scene In that thick
over the seats and over each other, a.
shouting and crying OUT suddenly
stricken with a panic fear Of some
thing they could not see Inside ne
barred ieathtrap every lion suddenly
gave tongue AT once. until the air shook
and sang In our ears. We could hear
the great cats hurting themselves
against the bars and could see their
eyes Leaving CLASSY sIrcaks against
the darkness as they leapei. two more
sprang as the FIRST had done towards
that quarter Of the cage from which came
sounds Of stamping and struggling, and
then the tanner began to scream.
| think that so long as | live ] shall
not forget the sound OF the tanner 5
screams lie did no, scream as woman
would nave done. from the head. hG:
from the chest. which sounded 50 much
worse mat | Was sick from II IN second
With that sickness tnat w"akens on" q.
the nit Of the stomach AMI along the
muscles Al the back OF the LEGS. He !
not pause for a second. Every breath
WAS a scream, and every scream was
alike and one heard through 1t all the
long snaris Of satisfied nate and reHer r",
m4filod hy he mans clothes AMI the rip.
rip Of the cruel CTAwIs.
Nearing II all IN the dark, as We lid
made II all III" more dreadful | think
for time | must have taken leave Of
my senses | was ready 10 vomlt for the
sickness that was upon me, and | beat
my hands raw upon the iron bars or
clasped them over my ears against the
sounds OF the dreadful thing that was
doing behind them l remember praying
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so, and now and then the old feeling,
the love OF the old life. the old ambi-
ton, would be stirred into activity
again by some sight or sound or cpl
scde in the conventional life around
him.
A chance paragraph in a newspaper,
a sight OF the Arizona deserts of sage
and cactus, a momentary panic on a
ferry-boat. sometimes even fine music
or a great poem would wake the better
part of him to the desire Of doing great
things. At such times the longing grew
big and troublous within him to cut
loose from IL all and get back to those
places OF the earth where there were
neither months nor years. and where
the days OF the week had no names;
where he could feel unknown winds
blowing against his face and unknown
mountains rising beneath his feet; where
he could see great sandy, stony stretches
OF desert with hot, blue shadows. and
plains OF salt. and thickets OF jungle
grass, broken only by the lairs OF
beasts and the paths the steinbok make
when they 90 down TO water
The most trifing thing would recall
all this to him. just as couple OF notes
have recalled TO you whole arias and
over;ures. But with Toppan 1t was as
though one had recalled the arias and
overtures and then was not allowed to
sing them.
We went into the arena and sat down.
The ring in the middle was fenced In by
a great. circular iron cage. The tiers OF
seats rose around this. q band was
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A VAST REMOVAL JOB.
Health Department Will Take Up
New Quarters Soon.
Millions Of Important Records TO Be-
Transferred Carefully.
Commissioners Need q Separate Con
tagious Disease Bureau.

Unless the ARRANGEMENTS miscarry.
IN. usai,, D.,,r,ra,,, ,,un ,,,o,. ,ror,
''e iiea'" '''"e"I "'l' "'o'e i'0''
its present offices at Police Headquarters
TO the new Criminal Court Ruilding in
con,r, .,ro., a,.,, ~ -, - a.,
tenure street. uurins the 'hlru week III
As far az tho Health pen,rtment
-. =. -, -, -,
Prope, Is coneeFnen INA, could be trans
fitting up OF Quarters for the new
iaoora'ors 'hat Is causing the uelay'
Some OF the furnishings for the latter
are elaborate and baye hsor order.d
= -, ~
iIonl 'he west Inc ORDERS nave peeh
tardily filled, hence the unpleasant de-
Law
you can hsrdIy conceive OF the mag
nitude Of the word move when applied
10 m. us.l,b r.n,r,u.,, said pros
''P"' '"'i
ident Wilson to an Evening World
reporter to-day I'VE have millions OF
ra,ora, ,,a,, =, ,.ou, -, 81. .,a.-
e'o'us' many Vi 'ue"' Vi 'he s'ea'es'
, Importance. The utmost care must be
observed IN moving them. that none
becomes misplaced or lost beyond recov-
cry.
why, we have ~ one class alone
200 600 documents. They are the certifi-
Gates OF death. ana are OF the greatest
possible valuation: Should any OF them
go astray II might cause an immense
amount OF inconvenience TO some one:
Then there are the marriage certih-
Gates, agEregating numbers reaching up
into the hundreds OF thousands Besides
the latter and others already referred
70, there are the records In the sanitary
bureau enumerating the number OF per
sons. telling who they are and where
| they live. who have come under the eye
OF the Health Department because OF
violations or alleged violations OF the
Sanitary Code These also number
among the hlndre1S or thousands ana
are very precious In the eyes OF the ON
! Gals who have been instrumental in
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ACCUSED OF CONTEMPLATING
Leading California PopuIist and
Another Man Arrested.

(By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept s.-Secret
agents of the Treasury Department
have arrested and brought here two
men whom they accuse of being the
counterfeiters who have been flooding
Shasta, Lasson and Trinity counties
with spurious coin that Is a remarkably
clever counterfeit. The men are James
Sylvester and George Short.
They were arrested near Fall River
Mills. Shasta County. on Sylvester
ranch. where a complete counterfeiting
outfit was found. Sylvester has lived In
Shasta County twenty years. and In a
prominent citizen Of the county. Short,
who is related to him by marriage, Is
also well known. Sylvester Is Popu-
list and a leading politician.
As a delegate to the recent Populist
County Convention, he attracted atten.
ton "a an earnest advocate of unlimited
coinage OF silver.
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Coming Events.

Opening bali of the Dairy Maids. this evening
at Nilsson Hall
Hungarian Society's celebration Of Kossuth'
birthday, tomorrow evening at Lexington Avenue
Opera House
Annual clAmbske Of the David Ullman Outing
Club to. morrow afternoon at Donnely's, College
Point, L. I.
Thirty-seoond Constatler harvest festival to-
morrow Monday Tuesday and neIt Sunday, al
Suffers Harlem River Park
Sixth annual outing Of the s. s. Cox Society,
tomorrow at Washington Park Grove Aaspeth.
l.. l.
For the purpose OF raising fund to establish
home for aged musicians the Musical Protective
Union gives concert and Summer ishrs fes-
tlval Monday evening at the Old Homestead
Nney-hrst street and third avenue.
typographical Union No. IS and the Apollo
Musical Club. l.. A. 7i3. X. Of l.. give benefit
picnic for the Brooklyn printers strike fund Mon
DAY at Timers Park. The Committee Of Ar
ranEements consists Of J. J. Norris H. s Nc
Culloch. 4. II. Johnson, c. Held c. E Tomp-
kins W. c. Schuckman. S. J Connolly. J. r.
Dillon. d. Dodge and D. ~. Webster.
Chaplain OF the Tombs. Rev Sidney G Law
u. D. will deliver an evAngelistic address at the
Young Mems Institute. u and 2?t Bo~ery. at I
P. NJ tomorrow. Subject, The Funess u
Blessing"
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STEP THIS WAY, LADIES!
Hefe's the King of Couutcrfeiter.,
Most DnnRerou. Man Alive.

when stories are published about
Counterfeiters IL is natural to wonder
how they live. how they avoid dctcc-
tives. what narrow escapes they have.
and what the profits are. The Sunday
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Everett Hall. To-Morrow Might.

grand entertainment and reception for the
benefit o. the Sick Babies Fund. under the aus
pieces Of the Hawkeye Club, will be given at
Everett Hall u to IS East Fourth street to- NOR
row evening Tickets are Is cents each. There
will be big and Interesting programme Charles
Bimberg. the proprietor Of Everett Hall. donates
IL for the occasion.
The evening world., 1894-09-08
AHEARN WOULD BE SHERIFF
The Senator's Personal Canvass for
the Tammany Nomination.

Senator John F. Ahearn has made a
personal canvass for the Shrievalty. He
thinks he can get the Tammany nomi-
nation. There are no other Tammany
candidates so far as known. and Ahearr
will likely be nominated.
Since the Sheriff's income was reduced
to $4,000 a year, candidates for that Office
are not so plentiful.
Assemblyman p. H. Roche Is slated to
succeed Ahearn in the Senate. II he is
elected Sheriff.
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RENT BY DYNAMITE.
More than 100000 Tons of Rock
Torn from the Palisades.
The Earth Shaken for a Mile by
5000 Pounds Of Explosive.
Only the Blast Witch Opened He'll
Gate Exceeded 1t In Force.

On the right bank OF the Hudson. just
opposite Fort Washington, more than
lW,O tons OF splintered rocks lie in
piles along the shore. while 40 feet
above is a deep assure In the face OF
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The Most Dangerous
Counterfeiter
In the United States
viii be Written Up
In The Sunday World.
This will be a
Detective Story as Exc lting
as Any Of Gaboriau's.
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and many are imbedded four or hve
feet in the earth.
The rock is known as trap rock, and
Is said to be the largest deposit of the
kind in the world, but is too hard and
brittle TO be available for building pur-
poses.
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next in force. 1t is said. to the explosion
that opened He'll Gate. There were no
houses near to suffer from the shock
but the earth trembled for a mile around.
and even in the homes OF the wealthy
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You read The Evening World!
DO you read the Sunday WorldS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-06
Pettis DryG Goods CO
PISTOLS ARE FOUND
Evidence That Henderson Told the
Truth in His Confession.
Coroner BecK's Discovery in a Vault
Yesterdays Evidence in the Trial
at Noblesville.

To the chain OF guilt around Lon Hen
derson. the accused slayer Of John Tarpey,
was added a new link yesterday evening.
A new bit Of evidence was unearthed which
IL Is believed will result in vast benefit to
the prosecution. The valuable find was
made by Coroner Beck. 1t consisted of the
two revolvers and the mask which Hender-
son used on the night of the Tarpey muir
der. The important articles were found In
the vault in the rear OF No. 81 West Wash
ington street, the home of Mary Rafferty,,
the woman who furnished the clew that
ran Henderson to the ground.
The prisoner in his confession to detec-
tive Splann told how he had gone to the
home of his mistress after the killing OF
Tarpey, and in order to get rid of the re-
volvers threw them into the vault. He
further made the statement that he placed
q large plug OF tobacco inside his mask so
that liz would sink and then threw 1T after
the pistols His attempt to pass the mat
ter off as fiction during his examination
ct Noblesville impelled the Judge to order
a search of the vault made at once. Coro-
ner Beck was in attendance at the trial
and was instructed to return at once to
this city and begin work. The coroner did
SO and at > O'Clock last night was re-
tom OF the vault The mask was also
found. and as Henderson had said In his
confession, the tobacco was discovered
wraDpe inside of the cloth. The articles
will be carefully preserved and introduced
as evidence in the case. The judge who
was astonished that it had been overlooked
by the officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-06
PUBLIC BENRFACT0R
1T is PROVING so EVERY DAY ny
GRAND WORK.
STILL OTHER EVIDENCE OF THE
WIDESPREAD PUBLIC GOOD
1T Is DOING.
ENTHUSIASTIC y UNANIMOUS yER-
DICT FROM WHOLE
COUNTRY.

Never in the annals OF history have there
been recorded so many and so remarkable
cures as are being effected by DR.. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy. 1t has
proved itself by its wonderful work in re-
storing health TO the sick to be the great
est. grandest and most marvellous medical
discovery in the worlds history.
1t is curing the sick by the hundreds OF
thousands. Sufferers everywhere are eager
ly seeking its health-giving virtues. and
druggists say that there was never before
such an enormous and widespread demand
for any remedy.
Here are the details OF the extraordinary
cure of Mr.. George Thomas. Of mmo
ton, n. j. P. Q. Box 400, precisely as he
stated the facts to the writer.
For eighteen months" he said, II did
not know what it was to sleep. I would
go to bed and roll and toss all night with
aches and pains.
81 doctored with five physicians Of our
town, without any benefit. The last doctor
told my wife 1 could not live the summss
out.