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sure. He was speaking of the transi.
toriness OF earthly things. Look al
the great cities of antiquity" he eN'
claimed, where are they now? Why,
some Of them have persisted so utterly
that it is doubtful if they ever existed"
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Houses below
The morning times., 1896-12-13
CH APTER III.
BEMIs' NARRATIVE.


1t Will he best to continue this narrative
in Gerald Bemis' own words:
This affair of the Mars telegraph and the
proposed coming of a representative KurOl
or inhabitant OF M3rs, was sufficiently
starting to make M advent into the TWEEN
ty-second century, my resuScitat!on after
three centuries OF unC Consciousness, mere
commonplace The very strangeness and
amaZement of the first occurrence with
which thus came into contact made me
feel, curiously enough, quite at home in
this new period.
There was slight reaction, however, so
soon as / turned in to rest at the spacious
but cosy inn attached to the magnometer
station OF Penokee. Left to myself for
little, l found that an intense yearning
overcame ME for some visible token, some
living link of connection with the remote
past. II was all gone, was hopelessly dis
solved into nothingness. OF what use could
III ne tC me any more, since l myself was
still alive, in full possession OF my facul-
ties and with a vast present and future
spread out before me? Yet somehow that
vague, unreasonable longing rose up and
envelopcd me like a mist or fog, exhalrd
from some unfathomable gulf, through
which i grored vainly for the touch of
familiar hand, or listened in despair
Tor the tones OF some human voice that
had known and held dear of old.
l listened. What was that? Close by
the couch on which had thrown myself IA
Voice was sounding at that very moment:
''Ah, Gerald, Gerald, 1 wish l had been
kinder TO you.''
l could hardly believe the truth; but it
surely was the voice of Eva Pryor, echoing
after death through the emptiness of
three hundred lost years, and greeting now
my sense OF hearing as vividly as ever.
'Eva! L exclaimed, leaping up. But
the illusion was soon broken. A phono-
The morning times., 1896-12-13

while the extensive mines of rock salt are
being cut into in all directions.
At u depth of some zoo or 300 aeet are
immense submarine lakes OF brine, and
as the contents OF these are pumped and
pumped away the upper crust Of earth is
correspondingly weakened, and the result
is an occasional subsistence. III some of
the mines where the salt is hlaste1 and
cut away one can travel a mile in GER
tain directions. AS the glistening white or
deep red rock is cut away great pillarS S
of it, some eight feet square, with a large
thickness all along the roof, dre eft to
support the earth above. Sometimes, how
ever, the mine is flooded, the pillars uis-
solve in the water, and the earth falls
in, with all on top of it. Luckily, this
kind of subsidence generally happens in
spots where houses are not I-T.nerouS,
and for this reason no lives have been
lost within recent years. One morning u
few years ago a horse left in a stable
over night was found to be missing, and
q hole filled with water occupying the place
where the animal should have been Near
Wincham and Marston. suburbs ur North
wich, lakes acres in extent are aow seen
where green fields used to he, ana there
is spot where the highway takes ne form
of railway embankment. on either side
are big ponds where the earth has sub
sided, and the ROAD goes through ike a
bridge. This itself is bound to go at some
future time, and it is to be hoped that
no one will be at that time in the imme-
tiiate neighborhood.
All these subsldences have pulling
The morning times., 1896-12-13
WHY MARK LEFT HIS WIFE

Black and White.

Mrs. Leland? No"
Then what were you saying about
her?'
That she is too confding a woman to
be dependent upon the fidelity Of such a
man as Mark Leland"
Jennie"
What? You know Mrs. Leland. Was
/ not right?"
Il know her-yes"
Then, Milly, be a friend TO er.
Whisper the advice-ex perience ! dare
call it-or a sympathetic woman in her
ears, and bid her look after her husband"
"Experiencet''
"Or introduce me and let me open her
eyes The operation Will hurt, but it's
best. You look incredulous Your faith
in men is represented by your honey
moon faith In Robert. You want prOof?''
Proof Yes, Jennie, I want proof
before / dare breathe swords Of Jealousy
into the ears Of any woman-be they
my own
Unfortunately the proof is beyond
suspicion l will outline it. Mark Lee
land, by his own showing, is an author
His names not familiar TO me, but 1 don't
reId much. Weeks ago I Eiet him at an
embassy ball; danced, smiled, chatted, and
was generally impressed"
Next day we met casualIy-bv chance
| tas yOa may guessi-in the Luxernf oIre
| gardens. Sat in the sunshine listened to-
! the band, praised the fountains, criticised
| the statuary, exchanged Condolences and
Were more impressed
Go on
'-Since then have met him every day.
Have walked, driven, lunched, dined to-
| gether; then to the opera, the Francaise,
| the Odeon or the Gymnase.''
| ''GO on
tYesterday-and not until yesterday
by chance learnt there was a Mrs. Leland
Tin Paris, too"
what did you do?"
Interviewed Mark Leland, author, and
! was, too, Nilly, dear, and n wholesome
bit, yet withal an indigestible bit. But I
made him swallow it,
You did,
''MiIy, I'm Boston girl, polished, ma ybe,
by rubbinss with British shoulders, but IN
enslaved by British alliance
"BUt-Mr. Leland? He justifies his con
duct, Of course?''
That's Just what he didn't do.
gave him, in fact, no opportunity l had
found him oct, and | told him so pretty
plainIy-thcn left him But you know
what men are. They have such an intrepid
faith in their own attractiyeness that.
| though l said would never speak 70 him
again, he is probably waiting for NE now
at tthe usual rendezvous in the Luxembourg
That's why l selected this time for my
visit It's obvious that If I'm to speak
TO Mrs. Leland ne must be absent And
/ speak to Mrs Leland l Will
Jennie, il is quite unnecessary"
''Eh? You. MiIly, OF all people. think
that?''
Il mean that-that you have already
spoken TO her,
How? Where?''
"Here-NOw,-Oh, Jennier'
You are weeping Mny What's the
natter What have l done 10 distress you?
Tell me- Tell me. dear"
'.You-ycu have Spoken-spoken to Mark
Leland's wife"
"You?''
Mark Leland is my husbands pseu-
donyIn-''
The morning times., 1896-12-13
sTRANGEsr TOWN ON EARTH. /.
Everything Is Turned Topsy-Turvy
in an English Mining District.
IL. IT.
hllddelphia TelegrdpH

Assuredly the most curious town in Eng
land, and the most upsidedown-looking
place, is Northwich. Asthe stranger walks
up one of the streets he wonders whether
he is the victim of disordered magination
or whether an earthquake has been visiting
the locality. Here tw o houses are leaning
one against the other, as if for mutual sup
port; there more are leaning from each
other, as if in sullen anger; higher up are
dwellings, sunken in the center or at the
ends; the pavement on one side in certain
places are higher than the other, W hile Ii T.
tie farther ON it is lower
In short, everything has general appear
ance of topsy turvy dom in this town of what
are described as drunken houses" The
cause Of it all is n OF far to seek. Northwich,
as everyone knows, or ought to know, is the
center of the salt industry, and it is the
drawing of brine and rock salt for the man.
ufacture OF this very necessary commodity
that is the moving factor in the mischief.
On nearly all sides Of the town are big salt
works, with their engines pumping hundreds
OF thousands Of gallons of brine every week,
The morning times., 1896-12-13
THE MORNING TIMES. SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1896.

''Their own name for their planet"
Glissman replied.
From Penokee--shall We seId off an
pther man?
ans s'"AF from Mars--Laughter in Kuro.
tBemis remarked Indignantly, but III an
undervoice, as though the Mars people
might hear him: "Tow can they laugh, i'm
mediately after Bronson's death in space?"
But Graemantle reminded him: Isn't that
the way of the world? 1t seems to you
shocking only because it comes from a dis
tance, abruptly."D
penokee-Why laughter?
Mars-Because personal communication
is SO useless, ompared with that Of the alb
stract intellect OF spirit.
Penokeo-But We have toid you so often
that we want to see you, and bring back q
representative of your planet.
Mars-Well, il you insist
Somuch Graemantle had Translated, when
Glissman, who was listening TO the rest,
exclaimed, with mild approach TO ycll
and with eyes simply astounding in their
resemblance to sunstruck spcctacles: 'tHur-
rah! They're going TO send Us a missionary
from MarsI'
The morning times., 1896-12-13

laughed all in one. f'Isn't 1t wonderful?
We arc united at last"
.'Yes, dear friend-flear Eva said I.
She continued: And l was so cruel, 20
heaItless tow ard you.'
r,,,. ut is all over now assured her.
Then, summonlng Ii,sf utmost fortltuIn: !
added: What does 81 matter wnat nap
pened in that old century, Weare In new
world. You offered to be q sister TO me
then. / promise to be a brother to you
now ow-nothing more. So let US dismiss the
bygones.'
Strangely enough, she did not appreciate
either the tragedy of the situation or the
comedy Of it, or the sarcasm of destiny, or
the pathos involved-if, for two people 90
far removed from their former lives. who
were feeling uncommonly well and rested
and comfortable, there could be any-such
thing as pathos. She simply recoiled nom
me and looked angry.
Dear Eya," / persisted, mildly, ignnr-
Ing these symptoms, II have done every
thing can to satisfy you When you reject
ed me / put myself out of the way Now
that We have both reappearel, efrace my
self as your lover. Letus go forward, hand
in hand, as members of one famlly-as
children OF the future and common sense
friends"
Fortunately at this moment Graemantle
came back. Good friends, he said, heart
lily. Il am delighted to have brought you
together again"
He had touched the right rote. Eva's
lips curved into correct expression as o
pleasure, and she began at once o play her
part of friend and sister, 10 my role OF
brother, with great skill and grace.
II don't know just how the Kurol or
Mars missionary is coming Graemantle
went on, "but we shall receive word soon.
sent for my ward, Electra, and my young
friend Hammerfleet, to assist Us in receiv-
ing him. They have arrived, and L wantto
present them to you both"
So saying, he touched Il lever by the wall
and the entire side of the room swung
open and ushered US into "a spacious apart
ment-the assembly room OF the inn
where stood, beautifully draped in white,
with a single diamondof marvellous iuster
flashing from the rich dark hair above her
forehead, a woman of the noblest stature
and best proportioned form l had ever
seen.
This is Electra" said our guardian; and
turning TO her: You know our friends
already by name andrecord.'
She bowed gracefully, and came forw ard
with a smile so absolutely sincere that
could not recall having behcld the like
OF it before, and she took each of us by the
hand in welcome.
Their we discovered, behind ner. tail
man, black tearded, almost forbidding in
his gravity, but wonderfully handsome, and
envelopcd in the soft, pliable suit OF silk,
tinted with prisInatic, delicate colors, that
every one, apparently, Wore nowadays.
"Hamne rflect, said Electra, and we We're
at once acquainted with him.
! learned aftcrward that artificial silk
was made in unlimited quantities, by
squirting nitrocellulose into continuously
The morning times., 1896-12-13

Now where am /? This is the Rue
St. Honore, there is the Palais Royal,
and opposite should stand the Cafe de
Ia Regence. And there it stands, anyway,
and there at a corner table sits Millie-
alone. VIII she recognize me?
.'Mlly. I'm awfully sorry. Did
/ startle you?'
'.VirginiaI"
Ssh! Call me Jennie, if you love me-"
''You are pleasa Mt surprise. How dld
you discover mc?"
TN tell you. You're alone, 1 see.
Let's sit down and talk
I'm waiting for Robert"
Your husband?'
II forgot you were strangers"
''Oh, | saw the announcements, but this
is the first chance I've had for cOngratu-
Iations. You used to say-in Boston that
you knew men too thoroughly ever To trust
your happiness to their licitude--''
THAT was in Boston.
London air reformed your
Results seem to point that way"
II hope they Justify your Inconsistency.
But, of course, to your fevered imaslnati1 N
how long have you been married, lear
six months"
sThen. to your still fevered imagina-
ton, Robert, of course, justifies every
thing
IL suppose So"
"Only that?''
WAIT and see him. Jennie, dear, and
then judge for yourself
i've Judged him already-that is, We
passed judgmentupon men generally acoH-
mon judgment that fits them all-fI ON my
point of criticism. You smile feeble
smile certainly, but it tells OF your-your-
what shall / call it?''
Amusement. But I'm longing 10 know
hn I'M have
you been IN Paris?''
Weeks j haven't kept strict count
/ heard last night that YOU were staying
at the Hotel RivoIi with an aged relative
who comes here daily 10 play chess. 1
see no aged relative
"Oh, Uncle George. He and Robert ana
/ are sta ying at the Rivoli together, and l
bring uncle here daily, as you heard, TO
play chess, and Robert fetches me later
on
When will your husband return today
He he is uncertain. / hope he'll not
be long, because | want to Introduce
you. But you see, Jennie. Uncle George
likes my society, and Robert thinks
that as uncle has not made his will
yet"
II understand, perfectly"
You mustn't think that Robert is in
attentive To me. He would prefer show
ing me the sights, I'm sure, but l
couldn't leave Uncle George To amuse him
self, could 1? And Robert gets a trifle
impatient with the dear old mans vagaries
and goes out with other men"
Before he returns III tell you what
brought me here today. You know most
of the visitors at the Rivoli, SUPPOSE"
Most
Pm interested in one, and want an in
troduCtion-the wife Off man met at an
embassy ball in the Rue de Lille the other
week. Mark Leland, his name is. +.
But what's the matter Milly?''
Nothing Go on; what about him?"
''Oh, we had what might have been a
quarrel last night, only did all the talk
ing"
what about?''
His wife,
"His-wife Do you know her then?''
The morning times., 1896-12-13

OF triumph, "from the position in space
which our invisible correspondents told us
they occupied, we learned that we were
talking with the inhabitants OF the planet
Mars
At thisinstaat Glissman's whole demcanor
changed "A mesSagel'' he shouted eX-
ultantly, and rushed toward the magne-
tometer.
The needle trembled and moved. Bemis
heard a faint ''thud, thud'' on the tele-
graphic instrument.
1t waE the Voice Of Mars talking TO
Earth.
The messages that now began to come
slowly from that planet were spelled or
thumped out by a dot and dash system:
but Bemis could not understand them until
they were translated for him by Grace
mantle, since they We're in a language un-
known to him.
The first sentence ran: Bronson not ar
rived. Must be lost
Bronson, 1T appeared, was daring aero
naut, who had made the attempt to fly
to Mars in newly invented ''anti gravi-
tation machine, known IS the Insterstelier
Express. He was now some ten or twelve
hours overdue.
The reply from Penokee was: "Wby
DO you think he is lost?''
Mars answered: Local meteors frequent
in the path of travel. Our telescopes think
he coilided. Great regret in Kuro"
whats Kuro?" Bemis asked.
The morning times., 1896-12-13

effect on the nearest buildings, which are
drawn al ways Such a state OF things
is amusing a. well as interesting. This
desirable property To let is the sign one
may seek b. iowl with one at the begin
ming of a stile road bearing the legend,
This road is dangerous" One has to be-
ware of such roads at night time in this
neighborhOOd- A part Of the path NAV
have sunk one hundred feet OF so during
the preceding hour, and an Involuntary
drop into the water, which rises a S fast a ;
the earth falls. is a rapid way out of this
world.
In order to make all buildings last fair
" decent length of time an new erecuiOns
are built in frames of wood, this style hold
ing the bricks together a longer time than
If the building was on the ordinary prin-
cipleS. Even under those considerations,
and taking into consideration the fact that
in the town itself the substances are grad
ual and give some warning living must be
rather exciting in certain portions OF North
wiCh
The morning times., 1896-12-13
He Il. He Is.

General weyler,' said the thoughtful
man, lis literal exemplification OF man
between the devil and the deep sea, pro-
vided, of course--''
He paused to turn the matter over in his
mind and study it in all its phases
provided, he went on, there is any
depth to the sea that vicinity Chicago
Evening Post.
The morning times., 1896-12-13
fronvripht 1896

This story is the result OF conversations
with Thomas A Edison, the substance of
which he afterw ards put into the form
OF notes written for my use. His suggeS-
lions as TO inventions and changed me
chauical, industrial and social conditions
IN the future, here EMBODIED, understand
20 be simply hints as TO what might pcs
sibly be accomplished Mr.. Edison as
sunies no further responsibility for Them.
For the story itself alone am responsible.
GEORG PARSONS LATHRoP.
The record-union., 1896-06-22
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
The Gold rlen ConCede That the State
Convention VIII be Free Silver.

COLUMBUS (O), June 21.-The free
of controlling the State Convention
here this week that they are now dis
putting over the honors. There are
seven candidates for delegates at large.
They are John r. Mclean, John w
Bookwalter, Allen Thurman, General F.
E. Finley, Z. ]. Blondin, l.. E. Wolden
and A j. Warner. Mclean and Book
walter are practically agreed upon.
The other five will contest for the two
remaining places. Allen w. Thurman
will probably be made Chairman of the
convention to tae the place declined by
John A McMahon. No candidates are
yet announced for the State offices to be
filled this year. All interest centers in
the action of the convention on the
financial question. The gold standard
Democrats cOncede that large major
ity of the delegates to the State Conven-
ton are in favor of free silver The mi
nority will contain some strong men,
however, among them eX-CongresSman
Tom L. Johnson, Frank Hurd and John
A Mcmahon, and they will at least en-
ter a protest against free silver, and it
may be a very vigorous one. The con-
vent1on will be held in the High-street
Theater, and will be called to order ait
4 D. m. Tuesday. There will be 1S1 dele
gates.
The record-union., 1896-06-22
TORNADO IN ST. LOUIS.
" Continues the Damage Done by
the Former One.

ST. LOUIS, June PA sharp re-
minder of the recent disastrous tornado
visited this city at $50 O'Clock this af-
ternoon. The weather was oppressive
ly hot and the sky cloudless. From
the same quarter that the great tor
nado came a. mass Of dark clouds swept
across the city. The wind blew at a
forty mile speed and rain fell in sheets.
Many of the houses tnat were partly
restored after the tornado were again
damaged, but up TO 8 p. m. no fatali-
ties are reported. In Cabann Place. q
1lne residence section, the destruction
IN the aggregate is greatest. r. J.
Boekhoen, a grocer at Third and Carr
streets, yesterday finished rebuilding
the Top floor of his three-story house
destroyed by the former storm. Again
1t was blown down. The roof of the
chicago, Burlington and Quincy pas
senger depot at Second and Carr streets.
also just rebuilt, was partly torn off
ABOUT twenty telegraph poles were
blown down, and trees and bill-boards
were leveled. In all, about seventy
houses were damaged The property
loss is estimated at $4,000. Panic
seized the people in the track of the
storm and wild rumors of death and
obstruction were on every tongue.
Only fourteen minor casualties are re-
ported
The record-union., 1896-06-22
SENATOR WARREN'S OPINION.
Wyoming Will Go Republican, But
1t Will be Hard Fight.

CHICAGO. June Ex-senator Francis
E. Warren of Cheyenne, Wyo, is at the
Auditorium, having just arrived from
st. Louis. Regarding the situation in
Wyoming, he said:
Wyoming is Republican State, and
in my judgment we will carry it this
fall for the Republican National ticket
although the contest will be fiercely
fought, especially in case Senator Teller
is indorsed by the Chicago Convention
The fight will be harder and the margin
sn tiler than if there had been q more
liberal construction of bimetallism and
a less harsh sentiment on the part Sf
those who believed in gold mo.ornet-
allism at the St Louis COnven ton TIE
PEOPLE Of my State believe that tie Re
publican party has always been a party
of bimetallism, and that, notwithstand-
ing the extreme view of the question
now taken by the Eastern element of
the party, it will yet be forced to leave
the field of monOmetallism The Re-
publican wave toward English princi-
pies of finance will soon recede, Just
as the Democratic wave toward free
trade has receded'
Senator Warren is personally strong
ly in favor Of the election Of Mckinley
and Hobart, and will do his utmost to
carry his State for the ticket