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rowing the light over the costume Of
live for the last two hundred years.
/ Anyway.'
Prompted by curiosity yet stronger
than my horror, / bent over the re-
mains and examined them closely
They were those of manor of what
had once been one-of rugged and
brutal aspect, deeply tanned by the
scorching of countless suns, scanned
with old sears, and shaggy with hair
that hung in masses from his skull. and
clothed his gaunt visage to the eyes.
The flesh, however, had dried into a
thick integument of the consistency of
parchment, lying close to the bony
framework, and giving the impression
of figure carved from some dark col
lored wood. The eyes themselves had
disappeared, shrunlen into their sock
cts; the lips were like strips of carti-
lege, and were drawn back from the
yellow teeth, giving the involuntary
expression of a savage snarl.
Such was the body; the dress was like
none had ever seen before, unless in
some stage extravaganza, or repre-
sentcd in ancient pictures. 1t con-
sisted mainly of n jerkin and short
brooches of some rough material, and
thick pair OF boots coming up to the
knee. The cut and fashion of these
garments showed at a glance that they
had not been made in our day, nor
for many generations before; they
might have been the fashion in an age
when Charles Second sat on the throne
of Spain, and Louis Quartozc and
William of Orange on those Of France
and England. How, then, came they to
clothe the body of q man lying on the
deck of vessel in this year 1894?
The colonel and l did not ask each
other this question; we were not in the
hunor for speech. We continued our
Investigations and found the deck
strewn with corpses, all more or less
resembling the one l have described.
They lay in all postures and places, as
if stricken down suddenly where they
stood by some comprehensive thunder
bolt. Some had ropes still in their
hands, as if they had been hauling the
yards or taking in sail All were
armed with weapons of one sort or an
other, but none of pattern known to
modern armories. There were cut
lasses. dirhs, pixies and many gro
tcsque and clumsy pistols and match
locks, whose decorations no living ear
could have heard for centuries. Here
and there, in points of vantage, we
found seven or eight quaint old bronze
cannon, some of them richly carved
and embossed.
The waist of the ship was low; the
decks forward and aft were raised
above the middle space to the height
of a man and were reached by steep
flights of steps. On the poop we dis
covered, leaning against the mizzen
mast, the only figure on board which
had kept its feet 1t was the CORPSE OF
tall man, with wide shoulders and a
certain stateliness of bearing, in spite
Of the untoward circumstances. He
wore wide-brimmed black felt hat,
ornamented with a superb great plume
Of scarlet feathers. His dress was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-26
A Mystery
or THE
CARIBBEAN,
BY JULIAN HArHoRNE.
Continued from yesterday

By this time we were close on to the
reef. The ship had struck at hiph tide
ana lay with one-half her hull across
II. Nothing more convenient for cur
purpose could have been arranged We
lay in still water under the lea of the
reef, the top of which was now bare;
and all we had to do was to Chamber
out on it, get line from over the
ships side. and go aboard.
Way enough!' called out the
colonel; stern all! Look out, forward
there! Now, then, well have a WORD
with this chap. Ship ahoy!'
The hail was stentorian; it might
have been heard back at our point OF
embarkation; but it produced not a
whisper OF response from the vessel.
The situation did not strike me as be-
ing entirely agreeable. 1t was pic
turesque and impressive, but not invit-
ing. There were the loneliness of the
the quiet, mSonlit sea, the limpid
beautyof the night, the gentle suck
ing sound of the waves as they lifted
and subsidized about the reef, and the
shadow-lille mountains piling them
selves aloft to the north-they seemed
very far away just then! Close beside
us, overhanging our heads, were the
black sides of the unaccountable ship,
a sort OF grotesque marine catafalque,
containing no one could tell what; so
lately full of life and hustle, and now
as deadly still as a veritable tomb.
What did it mean, or portend? What
in the name of mystery had become of
its late occupants? They could not
have got away; they had been under
observation from the time the ship
first hove in sight; and yet they could
not be on board, unless The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-26
When You Spill Ink.

Should you spill ink upon the carpet or
upon wooden tablecloth Immediately
sprinkle over it u thick layer Of common
salt, remarks an exchange. When this has
absorbed all tho ink that it can, carefully
scrape it off and apply some more. Keep
doing this until the ink is taken up Ii
your carpet has an ink spot upon it that
you didn't know ROW to attack mt tho
time of the accident, moistcn it with lot
water. BE careful not TO use enough wa
ter to make the ink spread. Then apply
the salt Your success will not be com
plc:e, but the spot will become dim, and
perhaps will not be noticeable.
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1asly geunttse aaaraat
TACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

Entries for the initial meet Of he sea
son at Rigl,y, July 16th-l9tb, are due mex,
Tuesday. 1t If safe to predict that there
will bepIenty or them and Of such ona,itv
as to mako the fields the best that have
ever received the word in Maine. Mr.
James Culbertson of Chicago, has been
engaged as starter. He is said to be one
OF the best judges in the country, his only
peer, if he has one, being the great Walk.
err.
That was pretty performance of Fred
Wilkes at Mystic last week by which he
took the 216 race in three STRAIGHT
heats and lowered his record to 2.13L
Is. Il. & f. II. Briggs have sold to Ken.
lucky Bros., of Lewiston, the six-year old
mare, Louise Wilkes, by Messenger Wilkes
dam Nellie B.. by Gray Dan, 2.31L, son
OF Gideon. Louise Wilkes is fine 1873 bay
mare and can step along we'll.
Mr.. N. g. Pope has decided to dispose
OF his beautiful farm in Poland and will
soon sell the ~ horses which he has there.
at public auction.
Old Kate, by Whalebone Knox, TIL
valuable brood mare owned by James E.
Conner, of Pittsficld, has produced three
colts by Harbinger with records as follows
Diana, 2.24I; Conner, a.3OA; Juno 2 =
33 4.
Perley Bishop of Winthrop has sold the
black six year old gelding John L to An.
drew Roberts of Dover New Hampshire
He was by Monogram, by Mambrino
Pilot dam Hannah Moore by Tom Moore
Mr.. F. H. Bailey of Aliens Mills, has
bay colt foal dropped June 49, by John
ny Wilkes, .27%, out of mare by Joe
Hooker, son of Howe's Bismarck.
Among the recent arrivals Mt the State
Fair track are John Thomas with L. C.
Pray's two Rockefeller colts, with records
at three and four years old of s.291% and
80; Johnnie Collins, with p Nj. Twom
bly's string of trotters, and Charles Jen-
kins, who is at the track every year with
some good ones. At the head of his fast
ones this year stands St. James, 2 90 =.
Dept Sheriff j. A. Black of Farming.
ton, las sold his fine black gelding by
Robert Burns, full brother to McKusick,
2.2GM.
Disappointment, a four-year- colt
~ hn A 1por tar al
lion owned by G. K. Ball of Exeter, won
the 2.4O race at Sandy Hill, n Y, May
3rd going the last half of third heat in
115.
Col. W. G. Morrill, of Pittsneld, last
week bought of Hon. A. R. Buck of Or
land, the speedy gelding, Ansel W., by
Harbinger.
The bay horse Russell by Cylex, dam
by Morgan Gold Dust, showed up well at
Kingneld last week when he won in the
? 10 class. He is grandson of Nelson.
4 victory which will please Maine
horsemen much and partjsans Of Wilkes
S57i, sire OF st. Croix, 2.l4M, and many
other . 80 performers in particular, &C
cured when Fred Wiises won the 2. Is
trot Mt Mystic, best t.mc 2. 13H It was
four-heat race. consequently we are not
snre that was the time of winner. Fred
Wilkes is 10y Wilkes and we were told
went quarter at Sunnyside in 32 seconds
or right around there. His dam was by
Nelson's Onward, we think, which cor
reefs one version of his pedigree given in
report OF Mystic races. Lewiston
Journal
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alternative was the thing that l have
described as uninviting. If that swarm
of men were on board, lurking in such
breathless silence within a few feet of
where we were sitting, there was diff
Guilty in pcrsuading ones self that their
conduct BODIED us any good. On the
other hand, of course, it was scarcely
less difficult to imagine what benefit
they could expect from doing us any
harm. Here they were, hard and fast
on the reef, at the mercy not only of n
change in the weather, but of the in
habitants of the island. They must be
aware that our visit could be intended
only in their interest. All the same, l
do not mind saying that my most
urgent longing at that moment did not
take the form of q craving to Chamber
up the ships side anti find out what
was going on there.
As for the colonel, it is the business
of warriors not to know what fear is;
and in his case there was the added
consideration that he felt-whether
reasonably or not matters ittlc--that
her Britannia majesty was being
Sighted in his person. At all events, /
am able to affirm that, to all appear
ances, the only effect upon my friend
of this CHASTITY unresponsiveness on
the part of the ships company was to
develop IN him a wrath, the fiery quail
ity of which was but feebly symbolized
by the glow of the cigar which was
hi faafh Ii
pcated his hail twice; and then, turn.
ing to me, with the deadly calm of one
who has passed beyond the point where
demonstrations of any sort can ade
quately express his emotions, he said,
in the softest tones l had ever heard
him use: Il think I'll just step aboard
and make few inquiries. VIII you re-
main here. or"
If had been an Englishman, or even
a negro, l think might have been pre-
vailed upon to let that gallant gentle
man have all the fun to himself; but.
as | had the honor of the Stars and
Stripes in my keeping, atlcast as much
as he had that of the lion and the uni
corn in his, at once replied, in loud
Well, not if | know myself, | came
out here to see these fellows, and You
can bet your life, Col. Enderbv, am
not going ashore again without having
done it's
"Ah. then have the kindness to fol-
low me, said he, in the same unnatur-
ally silky voice. He stepped ont on the
surface of the reef. and l followed him.
1t was only few inches above the
water, and was both rough and slip
perry. We trod On limpcts and sea-
urchins, and Shiny strips of scaweed
twined themselves about our ankles.
Something that looked to me like the
fin Of gigantic shark moved to and
fro in the water few yards off.
Charles said the colonel, ''F,and
me out that lantern Charles did so.
Charles" continued his master. you
will remain here until my return. You
are not to come On board unless ! sum.
mon you. Il thought 1t highly prob
able that Charles would observe this
injunction,) Keep the boat about where
she is-lSupposc, thought |. these fell
lows should take it into their heads to
scuttle off as soon as our backs are
turned: what then?l--and let no one
presume to leave his place, or indulge
in any laughter or horse-play during
my absence
Charles undertook to restrain any
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-26

Tie the stalks in bundles, keeping the
heads one way, end cut off the stalks 50
that they may be Of equal length. Put
these into well sa,ted boiling water and
cook till tender, hut no longer. Have
ready some thin slices Of toast Drain the
asparagus and arrange upon the toast and
pour over it good white sauce.
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MARKET REPORTS.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, June 25.

NEW YORK, June 25.
Money, on call, easy, lal!.
Prime mercantile paper, 3s34.
Government bonds. firm.
Railroads. strong.
Following Are closing quotations OF securi
ties:
United States So, ex. int, i,2atl2
As, 1I3ta1l3
rs, 1877
Central Pacific lists, tl03
Denver & Ric Grsnde Isiz, ti12
Erie 2nis, ex div, 66
Hansas Pacific consols, III
Oregon d Nav. Ists, liz
Union Pacific ists, IO6
Northern Pacific con IS Al
sex. int. bid. txsked.
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NJ. I iiinroncs r. Brown of Bowdo'n.
WALDO.
rr,v--June 81. Mr.. Lewis Rhoaees and Miss
Helen Batchelder.
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MAINE STATE GRANGE.
Patrons of Husbandry.

EDWARD WIGGIs, Master, Maysyille.
+. II. ALLEN, Secretary, Auburn.
w. W. STETsoN, Lecturer, Auburn.
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Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, June Is.
FLoua-dull, steady, l5c lower.
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NEW YoaK, June %.
FLouR-Receipt.. 22,673 pkgs: 3oi7 exports,
hbls: 1864 sacks; sales. 1000 pkgs; dull,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07

ment. AS long as they are satisfied to
give advice they are listened to with
respect and their warnings sometimes
needed; but when they would come for
ward and take the lead once more they
find to their surprise that their places
have been filled and that their services
are not needed,
Public men who retire from the cares
of official life before their mental and
physical vigor has been Slapped are
sometimes recalled and do good service,
but the days of Methuselah have passed.
When q statesman, no matter what his
influence may have been, reaches so
years he becomes part Of past Rener-
alton, n sort Of walking monument with
an eloquent episaph to remind the NOV
ing, active world around him of what he
has been.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
six Lives Lost In a Sinking Packet

MEMPHIS, July Six lives were lost
by the sinking of the Memphis and Ash
port packet. Lady Lee. last night at the
head of the Island Forty, eighteen miles
above this city. The boat had made
landing and WAS backing out when she
struck hidden obstruction and sank
almost Immediately in fourteen feet Of
water. In sinking abe careened to the
starboard side and q number Of persons
jumped overheard, oil OF whom were
rescued except the six mentioned. The
boat is breaking In two and will be o
total loss.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
THE CONGO FREE STATE.

The effort of the government Of the
Congo Free State to secure colonists
from among the negro farmers of the
South ought to succeed. The Congo
country Is one OF great fertility. 1t Is
in the heart OF Africa, Is wstered by In
Vulnerable streams, and many of its
productions are suited for export to for
eign countries. The cost OF living is
nothing compared to what It Is in the
United States, and comfortable liveli-
hood is assured to oil who half way ex-
ert themselves. The climate has been
found unfavorable to members of the
white race, but the negroes Of this coun-
try would live and thrive there. The
Congo government proposes to pay
special attention to the cultivation of
tobacco as source OF profit to those
engaged in 1t, and as q means Of in
reason desires that large percentage
OF the immigrants from this country
should be we'll acquainted with all the
details OF cultivating and curing the
weed.
This will afford an excellent oppor-
tunity for negroes In kentucky, Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and North Carolana,
who desire to better their condition.
They will get all the land they need
and will have chance to build homes
for themselves and children in a coun-
try where the conditions for their adj
yancement socially and politically are
better than In America. In the Congo
Free State they will find climate ad-
mirably adapted to the promotion of
their comfort and happiness. The sun
shines warm, 1t Ia true, but bananas and
other tropical products grow luxuriantly
and 1t 1t is stated by those who have in
vestigated the subject, that family of
seven persons can easily subsist on
seven acres of land, besides making
enough from the sale OF palm oil, gum
and other exportable products to supply
them with comforts and even Injuries
This ought to be strong inducement
to emigration, and while o general ex-
odus OF the negro population from the
Southern States Is not desirable, on &C
count OF the danger to the existing con-
ditions Of labor. it is evident that a
gradual return of the colored race in
America to the home OF their forefsthers
would ultimately result in great benefit
to them and relieve this country Of a
very perplexing problem without any
jar to its social fabric
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
Close of the Interstate Drill.

ST.. LOUIS. No.. July 6.-To- N orrow
will close the interstate drill here. The
prizes will be awarded in the afternoon.
Captain Deffrey, Of the Nicely Zouaves,
of Memphis, has received word that h Q
and his company have been dishonor-
ably discharged from the Tennessee
National Guard for having participated
In the drill here yesterday. They were
not permitted to come here as COM
psny, 30 they came as individuals and
borrowed their Announcements and uni.
forms in st. Louis for drill, The Justice
OF their dishonorable discharge Is being
questioned therefore.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
Massey Libel Suit.

NORFOLK. Va. July 6.-The Massey
libel suit is dragging it's weary length
along. Captain Wise, for the defense,
read the record OF the court of the State
Of Washington that j. w. Womnck had
been indicted there for bribery; that
the case had been called for trial. but
postponed, once because his son had
been killed in railroad collision, his
wife prosbrated by blow, and he men
tally incapacitated for work, or looking
after his interests; that the Indictment
there against him was dismissed on
medical testimony that he had been
adjudged lunatic in Virginia. Messrs.
Favo and Dickinson testified that they
would not believe Mr.. Massey on oath
when he was interested, and other depo-
sitions were read to the same effect.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
The Indiana Riot.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July GA special
to the Courier-Journal from Hunting
burg, Ind, says: The reported riot st
Siberia. Perry county, on the Fourth
instant turns out to have been merely q
free for-all fight, the result Of jealouey
between two young cousins who were
paying attention TO the same young
lady. and was not brought about by re-
ligious dissention az reported. Four
young men were pretty badly used up.
and great many who were engaged IN
the fight we're considerably bruised.
No deaths will occur from injuries re-
ceived in the ARRAY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
OF ANOTHER GENEKArroN

1t Is very hard for men to realize after
years OF interrupted power and success,
that they have accomplished their
work, and that their influence In practi.
cal life has departed. Such ia the case
just now with Prince Bismarck and Mr..
Gladstone. Each has done a great
work politically; but they have. as it
were, survived themselves, that ia they
are living. yet dead. When in the vieor
and prime OF their faculties they said
and 1t was done.
Now age has crept upon them and
they have given place to younger men
with whom they are not in touch, but to
whom they are tradition and q senti-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07

WINSTON, N. c., July Authorization
reached Winston to day that ex-State
Senator R. 8. Mitchell, of Caswell
county, has suddenly and mysteriously
disappeared from his home. He Is said
to be heavily involved and Ia charged
with misuse Of trust funds. 1t is said
that quite number of attachment s
have been served on his property. Mr.
Mitchell enjoyed the confidence of the
community in which he lived to o very
high degree aid was man of very ex-
tensive affairs. His disappearance is q
severe shock to the people OF this Sec
ton and will involve many In financial
distress.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07

AMONG the many disagreeable legacies
left the present Democratic admtnistra-
tion by Its Republican predecessor. one
OF the most troublesome ia the case of
ex-Consul Waller. Waller was tried
and condemned to imprisonment by q
French court martial for alleged short
cuts in dealing with the Hovas of Mad.
agascar, and it is said an investiga ton
has shown that the French had good
grounds for their action. Now, however,
it appears the consul is undergoing very
harsh treatment at the hands of his cap
tors and az matter Of humanity this
Government will have to take issue
with the French.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07

POSTMASTER GENERAL WILSON Ia very
indignant at the escape of three post
office robbers from the Ludlow street
jail in New York city, and announces
that the m after will be rigidly investi-
gated with view OF furnishing any
officer of the United States, OF of the
prison, who has been derelict in his
duty concerning the safe keeping of the
prisoners. AS Warden Rasbe, of the
prison, has been discharged by Sheriff
Tamsen on account of the escape Of
these men, it Is more than probable
that the influence of the Postof1ce De-
partment ia already being felt.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
Russia Guarantees the chinese Loan.

ST. PETERSBURG, July The agree
ment to issue the 10000, 600 pounds
sterling four per cent. gold loan to
China. under Russian guarantee, was
signed this evening. The loan is Sc :
cured on the customs revenues OF the
treaty ports OF China, and 1t has been
agreed that in even. of China failing to
make payments during the periods
stipulated by the terms OF the loan,
Russia will assume the responsibility Of
meeting the obligations.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
Gov. Matthews on the Currency ouestion

NORFOLK. Va, July 6-Governor
Matthews and wife. OF Indiana, spent
the day with Admiral Brown, COM
mandant Of the Norfolk navy yard and
left to night for Washington. An As
ISOLATED Press reporter asked the gov
ernor for his views on the currency
question, with the following result:
Currency? Now you have me. must
confess. The people OF Indiana want
good money and enough Of it, and be-.
lieve that large number of them favor
bimetallism, with proper safe guard"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
No Outbreak To-night.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, July GA dis
patch from Elkhorn says everything in
the mining district is quiet and that no
outbreak is expected Tonight. The
rumor that the strikers are going to
make an effort to destroy property seems
not to be we'll founded. All three com.
psnies OF militia in this county are still
asse mbled at their armoriee, but Captain
Lyons. of the Second regiment, thinks
their services will not be needed