Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-06
SEEKS AFTER TRUTH.
DENVER MATCHMAKER TO DWELL
WITH NATURE FAR FROM CROWDS.

win Travel In a Novel wagon-Hidden
Secrets viii I've Fathomed--such the
Eastern AIystIcs Have Learned on Tibsts
Lofty Heights.
Elisha Lane Of Denver has Just started
out on an expedition SO novel that the
paltry quest Of Diogenes for an honest
man is child's play compared with it.
Mr.. Lanes mission is "to wrest from
nature her secrets, and he philosophic-
ally proposes to go about this task by
putting himself in harmony with ma
ture." 4"
To this end he has had built house
wagon in which be will travel from
Denver clear through to southern Cali
fornia, halting by the way wherever the
lisp Of leaves, the brawl of mountain
streams or the soughing of winds in
primeval forests seems to be telling the
secret Of which he longs to become pos
sessed.
This latest seeker after truth will not,
however. travel alone. He will be ac-
companied by his wife and three little
children, aged years, 3 years and 10
months, respectively.
The itinerant home for this family
cost $3.50, and it will be drawn by two
horses. It is l2 feet long, feet wide
and 8 feet high, and is mado of pine
boards IA inches wide and three-quar-
ters Of an inch thick, placed vertically.
| Under the drivers seat is a tool box,
the space beneath the body of the wagon
10 to be used for storing household goods,
and at the rear is feed box for the
horses. The entrance is at the rear
through door of polished oak with
glass panels, and the interior is quite in
keeping with this handsome entrance.
The floor is handsomely carpeted, the
portieres are hung on bronze rods, the
walls and ceiling are artistically pa
pered and the two windows, 90 by "a
inches each, are provided with dainty
lace curtains
Across the front end Of the wagon an
oak seat runs which becomes the sup-
port for the head of bed, which is re.
leased by spring from its position in
the wall. A bed similarly devised is al
the left of the door.
By careful economy in space thii
room also contains a tiny chiffonier, 9
plate glass mirror, a washstand, q fold
ing writing table with drawers and
pigeonholes, and a stove, the ashes Of
which will be dropped to the ground
through sort of funnel.
Every detail of this conveyance wal
planned by Mr.. Lane himself, who is {
man of about 81 years and wstchmak
er by trade. He was born in Bowling
Green, Ky. He married Miss Carrie
MacFarland of Leavenworth, Kan, anC
lived in Kansas City until July last
when he removed to Denver. In appear
ance Lane bears striking resemblance
to Schlatter. He is entirely self educat
ed, not to say uneducated, for by hi
own confession only two years ago h'
was unable to read Shakespeare will
any appreciation of his meaning.
The sum total of his philosophy as ex
pressed by him is: 81 claim that thert
is some secret force, some hidden powe
in nature, which men have not discov
cred. A few men have caught fain
CLEANS of this occult force, and thereb.
they have become wise beyond thei
generation. Luther was one of thes
men and Schlatter is another. To gail
this knowledge man must follow ma
ture, and it is for that reason that 1 al
low my hair and beard to grow. Whel
reach the mountains, shall hope t,
touch that higher state which has en-
abled the adopts of India in Tibet to ac
quire their mystic power.
In order to sustain the material mai
on the way to the wellsprings of "Hid
den Truth" Mr.. Lane will halt from
time to time in mining camps and il
small towns, and take heed of time b!
mending watches and selling eyeglasses
New York World.