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can hardly speak the truth at all IL he were
to try. He makes for himself false ma
ture and he will go roundabout ways
when straight course would better answer
his end. I've seen it-so have you-what
are our heads for, Doctor? And what good
is man to anyone after he has sold his
soul!
IT was stage driver before became an
undertaken. I have been carrying folks
living or dead all my life. One day when I
was in Providence during that time, who
should come to me but Grant, and he said
to me, says he, II have letter here; want
you to mail it for me from Warren"' l
looked at it and says to myself, From War
Zen, from Warren? Why from Warren?'
Things that people have touched impress
you. The letter felt just like trick. 1
could feel the trick in it.
II mailed the letter from Warren. 1t was
directed to a Providence paper, called the
Eagle. The next day but one there appear
ed in that paper letter that startled the
State. 1t read something like this. I can
remember it because l read it over SO many
times.
Editor Of the Eagle:-It is under most
painful sense Of duty that write and mail
to you this communication Conscience COM
pels me to do it, and have forecast the
consequences on my dying bed. A man has
no moral right to pass among men for 9TH
er than he is, and if he do SO, it is the
duty Of those who know him to present him
'he world in his true light. I am on.
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that caused his own election. and whitehead
poor Placide. A wounded heart poisons the
blood, don't it, Doctor?"
"What story? That is what am becom-
ing impatient to hear"
well this is how 1t was: There has been
heavy weather in politics in this state ever
since the Dorr times. I;obtn;r, +h,ndor
and rain! Lying is the last weapon of the
candidate who sees, or who thinks he sees
that he is about to be defeated. resorts to
here and IL ever black lies we're invented IN
smutch the white character of a candidate
they were those that Grant caused to he
circulated about Placide. The meanest and
most cowardly of all falsehoods. and the
hardest to refute. are those that have some
small grain of truth in them.
Louis Placide came Of an old rIuo,ero,
family, of good stock. who settled IN Rris.
toll, in the days when ships traded at sea
His father died at St. Malo. France. and he
and his mother lived in an old house m tho
borders of the Mt. Hone Lands for uorv
years. Everyone loved Louis placide
When a mere lad he used to visit the Rr,s.
toll poor house, and sometimes snent his
Thanksgivings and Christmases there Ho
was born with a heart. He was e,ectod
one Of the overseerers of the Door as soon as
he became Of age. Was any one in trouble ,
he went to Louis Placide. Was INV ono .;o,
and needed watcher? he sent for Louis
Placide. Was anyone in danger Of a suit
for debt? he appealed to the heart of I,ouis
Placide.
"The old leather Hueuenot nurse was
opened to the needs Of all who came to him.
He was placed on committees of education
and public improvements by the electors at
their town meetings. and once when a com.
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GREAT SPORT IN MONTANA.
There is Much Excitement in Chasing IL

There is Much Excitement in Chasing the
Coyote Over the Hills.
Frank Conley was telling about run
ming coyotes with hounds.
Eyes, SIR he began, II have the finest
pack of hounds in the state and they have
already this year killed fourteen coyotes
and two wolves. On Christmas day we
got three. which is a pretty good record.
have six dogs in my pack, all big grey
hounds, but I have bred them myself and
selected them very carefully. I can soon
pick out the dogs 1 want, for the first
chase after coyote will settle the. ques-
tion of his staying qualities. If he shows
that he is good fighter, l will put him
into my pack, but If he shows the white
feather l will give him to somebody. All
of my six dogs are fighters, and the way
they can stretch out a coyote is a caution.
have fine scheme for getting my hounds
in close range Of the coyote without his
getting scared. You know you can drive
up pretty close to one in a wagon, but if
you have dog in sight anywhere Mr.. Coy
ote will light out before you are within a.
quarter Of mile of him. I have learned
that by experience, so I take advantage Of
the coyotes trust in seemingly innocent
looking wagon.
Il start out from Deer Lodge with man
to help me Che takes down the fence, opens
the gate, holds the team and does the other
light work. with my spring wagon, and on
This wagon l have my invention. 1t is a
big COOP covered over to keep coyote from
looking inside, and in this coop all six of the
hounds ride. We drive along until we see
coyote, and then edge up toward him some
times getting as close as fifty yards. The
animal looks us over and sees that we have
no dogs running with us, and doesn't even
try to get out of our way, for he thinks he
don't have to bother himself about a wagon
We get as close as We can, and then from the
front seat pull string that opens the side
Of the coop. The dogs have been WAITING.
ana are on the ground in an instant, fairly
tumoling over each other in their eagerness
to get good start. AS for the coyote-well
he looks about as surprised as any animal
well can, and no doubt wonders what kind
OF travelling circus has been turned loose
at him. But his surprise doesn't last long
for he finds that the dogs are almost up to
him, and then he begins to run.
This is just the beginning of the fun for
US, and away we go over bitches, through
fences and down ravines, and we are gen.
orally not very far behind when the dogs
stop him. When you run jack rabbits the
fun is over when the dogs catch the game
When you stop a coyote the fun has just
commenced. This idea that a coyote fights
by swapping is all foolishness. They snap
once or twice. and then they go at it like
bulldogs, and when they once get hold they
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-20

1T is proper still here" said Luther. the
undertaken. II like still woods when the
year is beginning to change, don't you? But
you are young; we feel the changes of the
seasons more as we grow older. Doctor, I
want to ask you one questionable is good
place to ask it; all around is so still, now.
Does the soul contain the body. or the body
the soul? Come now, that ought to be an
easy one for doctor like you."
"Ask me that question some other day
later. My view is that the soul contains the
body-what we call the body is merely a
living machine; a collection Of organs that
serve the purposes of the soul. So it seems
to me-"
eyes, and reckon 1t is a sensible one in
the main. think that way, too. But, Doc
tor, want to ask you another one. Can
the soul ever act outside of the organs OF
the body? Can 1t ever see without eyes,
or hear without ears, and know things that
are far away. of its own self? Could it ever
go away from the body and come back
again, Doctor? Go away, and knock on a
door? don't mean what they call spiritual
rappings. and SUCH"
"No-never!" spoke firmly. was begin
ming to feel strange interest in this white
faced man.
care you quite sure Doctor?'
"Quite sure. Why do you ask these
strange questions? What have you heard
to suggest them?"
Something curious happened on the
night when Placide died. When I went over
to the Ark to take the measure for the cof-
fin. tho widow, she that is Placide's mother.
she told me about it, but she made me
promise not to tell what she told me. I
never saw thinner body than Placide's
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house Of trouble to many people,"

house Of trouble to many people,"
"No, It Ii q shadow In my memory and
wish it had never found room there. 1t
pushes me. 1t will relieve the pressure
here, IL you will Just let me give 1t up to
you in confidence"
IA physician does not repeat secrets while
they can do anyone HARM" said I. INF.
Luther, you may trust me that nothing that
you say to me now shall ever harm you"
II know, know-what is my head for.
I'd like to know? DR.. Brown-Grant was
the man who made up that story and that
Is why he sees mysterious things nights. 1t
was Grant himself, now. Grant-just Grant
himself. want you to watch him at the
funeral. He and his wife will be there.
What is this?"
The horse had stopped.
'Hud up, or sha'n't get there myself. and
there never was funeral without such as
me- It takes the living to bury the dead,
and there will never come time but once,
when there will not be an undertaken. That
Is when the last man dies. I say such
things Just to tighten my mind. A true life
has no secrets, and needs none. The things
that you do not hear, do not see, and do not
know, do not harm you. And here I am
waiting to force a secret upon you. Forgive
me. Doctor, but couldn't help it. 1t isn't
often that meet man who has studied
into these things"
IT did not know Of the funeral" said I,
land so had no intention Of going to it.
never go to such places from motives Of
curiosity
"But you must. now that have told
you"
His familiar talk was q mystery to me. q
kind Of frame work Of a picture unknown.
1 asked, "Who Is Grant? Not our Con-
gressman?"
eyes. yes. Congressman Grant. He was
elected. He himself set the story agoing
that killed poor Phcide, though no one
knows that but and now you. want
you to study him at the funeral to-day,
and see IL you discover anything peculiar
some about him. fancy something. can
see. There is a cloud in his memory. I
can see that. Grant Is Providence man
he is coming down to the funeral, hear; he
and his wife. Mrs. Grant was a particular
friend of Placide. Grant started the story
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want your opinion. You ought to be able
| to form an opinion by this time-what is all
your learning for?'
Here indeed a psychological study was
open to ms! The waxy faced man had great
ly excited my curiosity and had not answer
| ed my questions. / followed the slowly
! moving companies Of people towards the
| Ark.
For the first time in my life,I found my
self going to funeral by a mysterious at
| traction. Luther, the undertaker's wild face
| haunted me. and there rang in my ears
his mysterious words-"And it was night"
| 1 passed near a small Episcopal church,
| when the blue Narragansett opened upon the
view, with its sunny sky, an over sea Of
cerulean glory. The country around the
| neat decorous village was green and shady.
| 1t has been place of oaks since old Indian
days. Within a mile of the village King
Phillips war had begun.
| My mind was full Of questions. Did
Grant, who was now the representative to
! Congress, write the crafty letter Of which
the undertaken had told me? If so, he had
taken into his soul haunting evil that he
must continue to cover by false life. His
deception and his money might secure fol
him the election but this was not the end.
All events in life follow their own laws.
No ole can escape from his own gravita-
ton. A stolen watch will keep good time
for a thief. if the watch be good one, but
the soul of the thief himself will be out of
order The worst man in the world may
destroy the best. but his own spirit will al
ter and fail, and his act will fall under the
judgment Of the higher law. -
"He that is spiritual judgeth all things
is a tremendous truth; men ascend to be as
gods that way.
had strong curiosity to see Congress-
/ man Grant.
(To ha Conc1udedN
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acting on principles when I say that know
Louis Placide, one of our candidates for
Congress. to be very different man from
what the public believe him to be. Let me
furnish one example: In his youth he set
fire to barn on the Mt Hope Lands at Bris-
toll, and cowardly led his companions who
Knew OF the fact to promise him that they
would never reveal the secret. This fire
was followed by another in the same town
that was set to conceal a robbery, and that
awakened the gravest suspicious. I make
known these facts as matter Of principle
They were entrusted to me by one of the
young men who was with Placide when he
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-20

House down b. the sea. The CONN b 10 be
opened at the grave, and physician in this
place often goes to the grave when the lid
is to be raised there for the last time-poor
Placide! for the last time! Grant will be
there; he will have to be; he can only save
his reputation now by keeping up the decep-
tion-'acting on a principle'"
The undertaken pulled up the rein with q
jerk and I left the wagon, near the green
yard of the old Baptist church.
THAT way" he said, down past the
gambrel rooted house. Gen. Washington
once slept in that house. Say. Doctor, they
report that Grant looks and acts strange. /
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-20

was when we laid him out on the family
board-whers had laid out his father be-
fore him. The old families keep their own
boards for such purposes, and their own
grave cloths, too, for that matter winding
sheets and things and all. Curis (curious)
amt it? But, Doctor, let the strange thing
that happened on the night that Placide died
pass now;I want to ask you one more ques-
tion in these still woods-see the sunlight
is opening ahead! II the soul could see
without eyes and hear without ears, and
leave the body and come back again. it has
a life Of its own. hasn't 1t now, Doctor?
Then the living might haunt the living, as
well as the dead the living"
'Your conclusion is logical. can see
the drift Of your mind. But you have
awakened my curiosity as to what leads you
to ask these questions. What strange thing
was it that happened on the night when Pla-
eide died?"
Il cannot tell you now-you will know
some tme perhaps. Maybe the widow her
self will tell you all about 1t. See those
straw hives over in that peach orchard
they used to go and tell the bees when peo-
pie died-they have some queer customs in
these parts. But here we are in the open
road again. You didn't open to me much
light in the still wood-what are your books
for?"
had thought of these things before. 1t
seemed strange, however, that such queries
should be haunting the brain of this waxy
faced man.An unsteady light at times came
into his eyes. A mystery Of some kind was
haunting him, and gathered from his sug-
gestions that it concerned the appearance Of
living man to living man at a distance
perhaps, but certainly outside the flesh. :
Such objects had long interested me.
Luther, the undertaken, was he a real man :?
With whom was I riding? His hands that
he told me had "Stiddied many a cofin."
looked like the hands of the dead He would
look up to me suddenly. and then drop his
eyes, He once said-"And he went out,
and 1t was night" He repeated these
words slowly with an absent tone. I can
hear them now.
We passed the Nayatt woods, and the viii
lage or town of Darlington, when lovely
eXpanse Of meadow and water burst upon
our view, and out Of it rose dark tower
and white spire. The tower and spire were
in Warren. The lowered church had once
been burned by the British.
The undertaken gave me another peculiar
look. He seemed to be debating some Sc
cret resolution.
What is it," asked l. "Your hesitancy
makes me nervous. Tell me ALL"
"Dr. Brown, you are an honest man. I
can see that What are my eyes for I'd
like to know? DR.. Brown. have something
in here. and can contain 1t no longer" He
put his hand to his head.
"Troubls?" asked l." The head Ia = store
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-20

Small glass pitchers, four as a comple.
are more often seen than the former uhi-
quitous carafe. In fashionable voguo,
too, are cut glass urns, or double-lipped
low decanters. These last are especially
pretty and graceful
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set fire to the barn, and who was unduly
influenced to promise never to tell the Sc
cret. Shall we elect to represent us this
Bristol incendiary?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05
w. w. DIMOND.

Christmas is coming on
apace and the people with
elegant foresight are looking
around for suitable gifts for
the season. In our stock we
have hundreds of articles
which are of the ornamental
variety and suitable for
Christmas gifts. This year
we have been careful to Sc
lect a variety of goods, snowy
and substantial articles for
all classes of society. We
have no more for the rich
than the poor, we cater to the
tastes of all, and the result
has been very satisfactory to
us in a business way.
We have a number of
Statuettes in Parian marble,
one of which will be an &C
QUESTION to any home. The
list comprises: Lady GodiVa
Early Struggles, Europa,
Robinette, Comus, Ophelia,
Apollo as Shepherd Boy, The
Sisters, Maidenhood, Venus
de Medici, The French Model,
Diana Abandoned. These
are of good size for the table
or center piece on a mantel.
Another neat gift is a cup
and saucer in Crown Derby.
These are entirely new here
and of beautiful design and
quality. We have also some
rich and elegant articles in
Royal Worcester and Solid
Silver ware, a glance at our
windows will give you an
idea of the excellence of the
assortment.
A number of articles in
bric-a-brac and glass vases,
crockery and glassware are
selected for general use, and
will make acceptable pre-
SentS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05
How Not to Be Ill.

1t will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns that DR.. Emily
B. Ryder, an experienced physician,
and one who has practiced medicine
for the last 20 years in New York City
and India, is to give a series Of lee
lures in the Y. NJ. G.. A. Hall, begin
ming on Monday afternoon next, the
subject of the first lecture being: "How
Not To Be ILL., This is certainly a
most suggestive title for health and
hygiene are subjects that every one
sooner or later becomes interested in,
and we believe that the ladies of this
city will be as anxious to learn how not
to be i'll as have the ladies in other
places where DR.. Ryder has lectured.
The lectures, we are told, are not tech
nical lectures, but are on every day
subjects that every woman is interest
ed in. The press, conventions, synods
and associations of all denominations
throughout Australasia have passed
resolutions endorsing the gospel of
health, as taught by the doctor, and
the ladies of one of the Australian cit
les publicly presented her with beau
tiflly Illuminated address in handsome
antique covers in token of their ap-
probation. Admission to the lecture
on Monday will be free.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05
Wanted His Pay.

John Tavera, an 1S-year-old Portu-
guese lad, was arrested yesterday on
suspicion of having stolen a small dia-
mond from G. Haffner, the engraver.
Tavera has been in the employ of
Haffner for quite while. Upon going
into the store yesterday morning Mr..
Haffner found that a small diamond
worth about SO was missing from the
tray. He made inquiries of Tavera,
who at first said he knew nothing
about it. Finally he owned up that he
had taken the stone, and told Mr. Hoff-
ner he would not return it unless he
were given the pay for four days, due
him. The boy then walked out of the
store, and was arrested later.
Although Tavera would not admit to
the police officers that he had taken
the diamond, it was learned that he had
admitted the theft to several people,
giving as his reason the fact that he
had not received certain pay due him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05
Those Opera House Hacks

Wishing to accommodate people who
were clamoring for a change in the reg
ulation applying to carriages calling
at the Opera House Hack Inspector
Sam Macy changed that regulation,
and now it is a case of drive right up
from town and make no turn. The
people coming from Waikiki and the
plains will now be the ones who will
have to make the Objectionable turn.
1t turns out, however, that complaints
against the new regulation are coming
in thick and fast and Mr.. Macy is at a
loss to know how he is to go about it
to suit the people.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05
STARTED
People at Settlement Will
Have Music Box.
OverThirty DollarsFirst Day-Near-
Iy One third Whole
Amount Needed.

The response to the appeal for sub
scribtions for a Christmas present to
be sent to the leper settlement has been
most cordial. A good starter has been
made and the whole fund ought to be
fully completed early next week. Wall,
Nichols Company state that Regina
music box with over two dozen selec-
lions can be obtained for $125. Ger
tainly this a very small sum for Homo
lulu to give towards making life bright
er for the people at the settlement.
One of the reasons why more money
has not been subscribed is because the
amount required is so small that the
Man About Town" thinks his dollar
or two will not be needed.
Let every person remember that it
is his or her dollar that counts. Send
in subscriptions Immediately, and don't
be afraid if the sum you are able to
give is a small one. Every little helps,
and the more numerous the contribu-
tors the merrier the Christmas.
Following is the amount received up
to date:
Advertiser Cochrane Fund. SIS 90
Hawaiian Gazette Company. 90
Edward Dekum OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 30
Cash Observation-Disclosures. w
Wall, Nichols Company 10000. 10 90
Total. 9o4 5U
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05
BICYCLE

The Cleveland Riding Academy is
open every day from a. m. to p. NJ.
for those who wish to learn to ride.
Lessons, soc. independence Park.
If you purchase a Cleveland Wheel
you can learn to ride free of charge at
the Cleveland Riding Academy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-23
A SENSATION AT MONTPELIER.

The Rutland Herald of yesterday has
long special from Montpelier, saying in
part "One of the most sensational State
scandals that has eyer outraged the pages
of Vermont history developed today,
when the Washington county grand jury
brought in an Indictment containing five
counts against DR.. W. +. Giddings, super
intendent of the Vermont State asylum
for the insane at Waterbury. The counts
are all for assault, but tins technical term
covers great deal of ground. The
grand Jury has had the Giddings case
under consideration for many days. All
of the five counts in the indictment are
wOrded alike, except that in each one the
name of the victim is different and the
actual pature of the offence differs In each
instance. The unfortunates whom 1t is
alleged DR., Giddings abused most shame
fully are all women. Their names are
Emma Hoyt, Lucy Williams, Hattie
Jockey, Grace Wright and Emma Strick
land. Dr. Giddings is charged with strip
ping naked the lloyt and Williams women
and locking them up in room without
furniture or covering of any kind and
leaving them there to endure the chill air
of the night. 1t is claimed that these
barbarities occurred during the last year.
Inc QUIET lllItt WOuleIs III II
accused of having beaten most unmerci-
fully. He is further charged with having
struck all the women with his fists when
in moments of anger he seems unable to
control himself DR.. Giddings became
superintendent about two years ago. Be-
fore that time he was practicing phvsi-
clan in the village of Bakersfield. The
appointment was made by the trustees of
the institution, who are Judge 5. ID.
Hobson of Island Pond. DR.. w. n. Platt
| of ShOreham and eX-Mayor George w.
/ Wing of this city. DR.. Giddings was
| brought into the county court this after
noon and Judg TAFT fixed his bail at $500
which is considered nominal. Ball was
| furnished by two of the trustees Judge
Hobson and Mr.. Wing. Both these mer
say that they do not believe the stories
told relating the brutality OF the doctor
and assert that when his trial comes he
will he able to dispose of every one OF
the charges to the satisfaction of the Jury