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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-10-07
A CAVE OF GOLD.
Discovered by a Swede in the Gas.
cade Range.


The full fruition of the hopes of
Christopher Columbus when he went
seeking for the mythical mountain of
Golden Ciobo among the hills of Cuba
and Puerto Rico, in 1893, seems to
have been realized by party of Seat
tie men in this year of grace 1898. A
tall, lank Swede, named Anderson, has
discovered mountain cave which ap.
pears to be filled with golden treasure
A party of Seattle men, GO in number
are now scooping it up with shovels
and sending the rich ore back to the
smelter.
Bereft of all romance, the find i;
quite wonder. On mountain side
in the Cascade range and not far from
the Great Northern railway track has
been found II natural cave, 20 feet
deep and having an arched overhang
ing wall 40 feet from the floor of the
cavern. Back in the innermost por
ton OF this cave is decomposed ledge
OF rich gold ore, 90 feet wide 1t is SC
rotten that it can be crumbled in 8
mortar and the gold washed out. Sew
enty assays have already been made
and the least showing so far is SIS tC
the ton and up to 5000.
The cave is one of the natural won
ders of the Cascades and what is some
what strange is the fact that it is a:
dry as powder house without any
calcine or stalactite formations which
are so often characteristic of deep cav
erns. The mouth OF the cavern i:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-10-07
When 4 JapauesP'

r,;;i.hi.i;v II the very end.
Thousands OF women fail of this for one
t:r.tt prevalent reason. While they resort
/, every device to preserve their beauty of
'I;lplcxion by external applications and
pu-~ib,v take the best care of their general
l,4lth. they a:e too frequently utterly neg
tcCt:ui Of tl;c!I health III special wornanly
Nav NJ woman can remain beautiful at
.:...;lve OF aiuiable who suffers from weak
u,-- AID disease of the delicate and import
ut feminine organism. A woman who
:,:.-:- IL 49, way will lose her clcarness
.n'lI. AiG:s. her eyes will become dull
.:u;.y an pin will mark her face with
wrinkles and she will become nervous,
siCl;iv frctiul and Respondent There is a
-ovcfcign remedy for all troubles of this
description Il is Dr. Pierce's Favoritc
Prescription. =
My illness was caused by lack OF medical at
II three years. during which my suffering was
a,inpNt indSSC1iiahle. writes Mrs. Edith Petty,
e TcHanua Cherokee Nat. Ind Ter. Owing
To- tie injuries rcceived-rupture internal dis
placement. etc. / became a physical wreck. l
wa. III Il constant state of pain and nervous col
lapse. became 50 nervous l feared INSANITY.
My heart affected and had spells of palpi-
tatiun and Siuuthcring Was reduced i'll strength
and could take no solid food. The doctors told
, me that recovery WAS impossible without a sur
giCal operation. NV monthly periods ceased en-
trely. NV mother bought a bottle Of DIR. Pierce s
Thanks 10 an All-wise Providence and Doctor
Picrcc's medicines. the symptoms have all dis
I appeared. ] can now do a hard days work, eat
anything and everything wish. . regard my
recovery permanent. for II is nearly two years
Since stopped taking Dr. Pierce's medicines"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03

whistle was easily seen. The string and
bent hairpin went down next. I was
successful in hooking the prize and pro-
ceeded to pull it up with great care.
For an instant I realized what ridic-
ulous figure I was cutting, stopping
over O hole in the floor on both knees,
string in each hand, leading apparent
ly to nowhere and I at work cautiously
steadying one and as carefully pulling
on the other. Having hooked the whis-
tie hand string over the first finger Of
the hand holding the candle, I may
have become too self conscious to notice
the slight release Of weight on the whis-
tie hand. Whatever the reason, when
the end Of the string came in sight
there was no whistle on it. The charred
end showed me that the candle had
burned the cord, letting the whistle fall
again out Of reach. Down went the can
die again. 1t touched bottom, but no
whistle was to be seen. After a long and
fruitless search, such as it was, con-
cluded to abandon my whistle fishing
excursion. and rising from my cramped
and undignified position proceeded to
pull up the candle. To my surprise and
delight, found the whistle firmly stuck
to the lower side Of it. Some drops Of
candle grease had fallen upon the whis-
tie where it lay. The candle coming in
contact with it, they adhered to each
other, and / became indebted to acci-
dent and not acumen for the restoration
of the precious article.
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sank from great alertness to an easy lis
tening to my own heart beats and from
that to vague dreams in which beds OF
lilies and trellises covered with roses
mingled strangely with narrow, winding
staircases whose tops ended in the sway
ing branches of great trees, and so into
quiet and a nothingness that were only
broken into by rap at my door and a
cheerful:
Eight O'Clock, ma am. The young
ladies are waiting"
I bounded, literally bounded, from
my chair. Such summons, after such
a night What did it mean? ! was sit
ting half dressed in my chair before my
door in a Strengthened and uncomfort-
able attitude, and therefore had not
dreamed that had been upon the watch
all night, yet the sunshine in the room,
the CHEEKY tones such as had not
heard even from this woman before,
seemed to argue that my imagination
had played me false and that no horrors
had come to disturb my rest or render
my waking distressing.
Stretching out my hand toward the
door, was about to open it, when be-.
thought ME.
"Turn the key in the lock-" said L
Somebody was careful enough Of my
safety to fasten me in last night"
An exclamation of astonishment came
from ontside tho door
"There is no key here, ma'am. The
door is not locked. Shall I open it and
come in?''
I was about to say yes in my anxiety
to talk to the woman. but remembering
that nothing was to be gained as yet by
letting them know to what an extent I
had carried my suspicious 1 hastily dis
robed and crept into the bed I had not
pressed before that night. Pulling the
coverings about me, I assumed COM
Portable attitude and then cried:
"Come in.
The door Immediately opened.
"There, ma'am. What did tell you?
Locked-this door? Why, the key has
been lost for months.
II cannot help it" I said, but with
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like him?" I queried good humoredly.
was beginning to think I might have
dreamed about that key.
"I don't know" she said, IT don't
always understand Miss Lucetta, but
Like her, like her through and through,
ma am, as like this little finger" And
holding up this member to my inspec'
ton she crossed the room for my water
pitcher, which she proposed to fill with
hot water.
followed her closely with my eyes
When she came back, I saw her eyes
fall on the break in the flooring, which
she had not noticed in entering.
"Oh," she exclaimed, "what a
shame" her honest face coloring as she
drew tho rug back over the small black
gap. II am sure, ma'am," she cried,
"you must think very poor of us. But
assure you, ma am, it's honest poverty,
nothing but honest poverty, as makes
them SO neglectful," and with an air as
far removed from mystery as her frank,
good natured manner seemed to be from
falsehood, she slid from the room with
q kind:
Don't hurry, ma'am. 1t is Miss
Knollys' turn in the kitchen, and she
isn't as quick as Miss Lucetta.
"Humph," thought I, "supposing !
had called in the police"
But by the time she had returned
with the water my doubts had awaken
ed again. She was not changed, though
I have no doubt she had told what !
had said below, but was, for I remem-
bered the matches and thought I saw a
way of tripping her up in her self COM
placency
Just as she was leaving me for the
second time called her back.
"What is the matter with your
matches?" I asked. II couldn't make
them light last night.
With a wholly undisturbed counte-
nance she turned toward the bureau and
took up the china trinket that held the
few remaining matches I had not scraped
on the piece Of sandpaper ! myself had
fastened up alongside the door. A sheep
ish cry of hiSmay at once escaped her.
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little if any asperity, for it did not suit
ME that she should see was moved by
any extraordinary feeling "a key was
put in that lock about midnight, and l
was locked in. 1t was about the time
that scream was given by some one in
your own part Of the house"
"Scream?'' Her brows took a fine
pucker of perplexity. "Oh, that must
have been Miss Lucetta. -
"Lucetta?'
"Yes, ma am; she had an attack, l
believe. Poor Miss Lucetta! She often
has attacks like that.
Confounded, for the woman spoke so
naturally that none but a suspicious ma
ture like mine would think of suspect
ing her, l raised myself OH my elbow
and gave her an indignant look.
Yet" said l, "you said just now
that the young ladies were expecting me
to breakfast.
Eyes, and why not?" Her look was
absolutely guileless. miss Lucetta
sometimes keeps US up half the night,
but she does not miss breakfast on that
account When the turn is over, she is
as we'll as ever she was. A fine young
lady, Miss Lucetta. I'd lose my two
hands for her any day"
"She certainly is a remarkable girl, "
I said, not, however, as dryly as I felt.
"I can hardly believe dreamed about
the key. Let me feel Of your pocket, I
laughed.
She, without the smallest hesitancy,
pulled aside her apron.
II am sorry you could think 1 would
deceive you, ma'am, but Lor' me,
ma am, this is nothing to what some OF
our guests have complained of-in the
days, | mean, when we did have guests.
I have known them to scream themselves
and VOW they saw white figures creep
ing ND and down the halls-all non
sense, ma am, but believed in by some
folks You don't look as if you believed
in ghosts. " -,
"And don't" l said, mot a whit.
1t would be poor way to try to
frighten me. How is Mr.. William this
morning?"
"Oh, he's we'll and feeding the dogs,
MA am. What made you think of him?'
"Politeness Hannah" found my
self forced to say. Hes the only ma.
in the house Why shouldn't I think OF
him?"
She fingered her apron minute and
laughed. ,. u.,,
30 rough, it isn't everybody who under
stands him." she said.
"Must one understand q person x
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"Why, these are old matchesl" said
she, showing me the box in which a
half dozen or so burned matches stood
with their burned tops all turned down.
Il thought these were all right. I'm
afraid we are little short Of matches. ="
did not like to tell her what l
thought, but it made me doubly anxious
to join the young ladies at breakfast and
see for myself from their conduct and
expression if / had been deceived by my
own fears into taking for realities the
phantasies Of nightmare or whether l
was correct in ascribing to fact that ep-
isode Of the key with all the possibilities
that lay behind it.
did not let my anxiety, however,
stand in tho way Of very manifest
duty. Mr.. Gryce had bid me carry the
whistle he had sent me constantly about
my person, and felt that he would have
the right to reproach me if l left my
room without making some endeavor to
recover this lost article. How to do this
without aid or appliances Of any kind
was a problem. I knew where it was,
but could not see it, much less reach
it. Besides, they were waiting for me,
and the whistle must have. 1t occurred
to me that might lower into the hole
lighted candle hung by a string.
Nothing unnerves one SO much as the
consciousness of being waited for, but
the whistle l must have, and that, too,
by the simplest device possible. Look
ing over my effects, clsose out hair
pin. a candle, two corset laces pardon
me. l am as modest as most of my sex,
but am not squeamish. Corset laces
are strings, and as such present them
to your notice. That you will regard
them in any other light is not to be
feared after this explanatory and-a
buttonhook, you will say, but, alas-fo1
a buttonhook would have been very use
full in this emergency-I have not yet
forsaken the neatly laced boot Of my an
cestors, and l could only produce small
article from my toilet service which
shall remain unmentioned, as present
ly discarded it and turned my whole at,
tention to the other objects l have
named, poor array, but out of them
hoped to find the means Of fishing uI
my lost whistle.
| NV intention was to lower first .
| LIGHTED candle into the hole by means o1
a string tied about it's middle, then to
drop a line on the whistle thus discov'
cred and draw it up with the point OF 9
bent hairpin, which fondly hoped
could make do the service Of hook. Tt
think was to try. The candle was sotr
down in the hole. and by its light the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03
LOST MANS LANE.
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
convripbt. 1897, by Anna X. Rohlfs.

Copyright, 1897, by Anna X. foniis'
svNops1s OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of THE EN-
oU1RER may begin with the following m
stallment of this story, and understand IL
lust the same as though they had read II
all from the beginning, we here give a
synopsis of that portion of it which has
already been published:
Amelia Butterworth, who has done
clever detective work, is called upon by
Mr.. Gryce, a professional detectlve, 10
tote nm an interesting case. He tells her
that in a certain village several persons
have suddenly disappeared. In this place
lives family of the name OF knollys, tne
children of former friend OF MISS
Butterworth. Mr.. Gryce aesires o,as MISS
Butterworth to enter this family for detec-
tive work. Miss Butterworth goes to
visit the Knollys' home, finding there
Misses Iucetta and Loreen Knollys and
their brother William. She dimes with
the family and is taken to her room. She
remsins awake during the night, and,
bearing strange noises, goes into the nall
and calls Lucetta, who gives unsatlsfacto-
ry reasons for the disturbance: Mr..
Trohm, a neighbor visits the knoiIys;
Lucetta is terrified at seeing MIN anu
ter from Mr.. Gryce telling her that if she
is In danger to blow upon q whistle ne
her An old srCae @,,saMorb called MoiHes sHes
her nnarter. whereupon Mother Jane
repeats H, a curious combination of numbers;
Miss Bntterworth leaves the house and
hears of young girl formerly VI leaving svinG
the Knollys house in carriage ana oeing
married before her mother could over
take her. Since then phantom carriage
is said to 90 through Lost Mans lane at
midnight, suggesting that the . carriage eaid,see
may carry away the persons mysterlousiy
disappearing. Mr.. Trohm drives Miss
Butterworth in his wagon. Returning t.
the house she witnesses parting between
Lucetta and lover, whose request for an
answer to his suit Lucetta is endeavoring
70 put off. He leaves without getting
favorable reply. Miss Butterworth getss gs
from Loreen the key to chamber which
she has heard is haunted. I'm visiting 1t
She finds her way into Williams sanctum
and discovers that he is vivisectionist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03

p~ l. is always best to avoid contro-
versy with two kinds of p' ople; those
who cannot understand you and those
who will not.
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TO BE CONTINUED.

p@ Many a man who is 10 'ked up ia
by his neighbors never chopped cord
of wood in his life. He leaves it fol
his wife to do.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03

p@ Never put off till tomorrow what
you can get somebody to do for you to-
day.
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CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-03
A. w. LYMAN DEAD.
Newspaper Man Succumbs to Disease
Contracted at Santiago.

NEW YORK. October 3.-Mr. A W. Ly-
man, one of the best known newspaper
writers in the country, and for seven years
editor and proprietor of the Helena, Mont,
Independent, died at his home in Brooklyn
this morning.
Mr. Lyman was born near Cincinnati in
1s4s. He early engaged in newspaper work
and for ten years was employed on the
New York San, having had charge of its
Washington bureau from 1851 to 1889 when
he went to Helena. He was in the service
of the Associated Press during the entire
period of the war with Spain having been
On the dispatch boat Wanda until the land
ing of the United States troops in eastern
Cuba, when he was stationed at Siboney
and took charge of the work of the Associ-
ated Press with the troops in front of San
t1ago- He was down with fever at SibOney
but remained faithfully or duty until after
the surrender of Santiago, when he return
ed north. He developed dropsical trouble
which ended in his death. His body will
be taken to Clevelsn nd for interment He
leaves a widow and one SON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-03
GUILD OF ST. BARNABAs.
GenerSl Council in Session at St
PauFs Parish House.

fAul's Parish House.
The geosTal council of the Guild of St
Bornabas, composed of trained nurses met
this morning in the parish house of St.
Paurs Episcopal Church, 23d street near
Washington circle. Prior to the business
session there was a celebration of the holy
&C mmunion. Bishop Whitehead of Pitts
burg, the chaplain general officiated, as
sisted by Rev. Mr.. Danner of Pittsburg and
Rev. Alfred Harding, the rector of the
church,
The bishop presided at the business meet
ing and Mr.. c. Kidder of New York was
the secretary. Delegates were present from
seventeen out of the eighteen branches
comprising the guild. Reports were re-
ceived from the different branches.
In addition to the delegates the follow
ing, who are chaDiainS of the various
branches. were present: Rev. Dr. Samuel
Hart, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn, who
Is also the secretary of the house of bish-
DIS; Rev. c. H. Brent, rector of St Ste
phen's Church, Boston; Rev. Arnold NJ
Davis, dean of Christ Church Cathedral
st. Louis, and Rev. E. w. Hodge, rector of
the Church of the Annunciation, Philadel-
phia.
The council adjourned at 1870, when
lunch was served by the members of the
Washington branch, Miss Mary A. Mason
secretary. Another session will be held
this evening. and tomorrow the delegates
will visit Mount Vernon as the guests Of
the Washington branch.
The opening service was held last evening
at ST. Paul's Church. Bishop Whitehead of
Pittsburg, Pa, conducted the devotional
exercises, while the sermon was delivered
by Rev. Father j. O. S. Huntington, o. H.
G., of Westminster, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-03
ATTEMPTS MISREPRESENTATION.
James Callahan Cuts His Own Thug
With a Razor.

James Callahan, aged thirty years,
bricklayer by trade, living at No. lab 18TH
street northwest, attempted to commit SUI
eide at 1915 o'clock this afternoon by cut
ting his throat with the blade or a SAFETY
razor He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital, where it was thought he would
probably die before night.
1t is stated that Callahan had been drink
ing for some days. and while suffering
from the effects early this morning jumped
out of a second-story back window of his
home in a partly undressed condition. He
was discovered by Policeman Ready and
taken back into the house, where 1t was
found he was not injured. About IL o'clock
Galatians two sisters. with whom he lived.
found that it would be necessary for them
to be absent from home for awhile, and
they called in James Dent, colored, to look
after their brother.
Shortly after the departure of the ladies
Callahan told Dent that he would go up
so long that Dent became alarmed and pro-
ceeded to investigate. Upon reaching the
door of the room to which Callahan had
gone Dent found it locked. He then hur-
ried out in the street. where he met Officer
Thomas Haney and told him of his fears.
The policeman procured a ladder and by
means of this discovered Callahan lying
on the floor of the room with his throat
cut almost from ear to ear and the blood
flowing from it in frightful manner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-03
Harlow Gives Rail,
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
News Items Gathered in Territory
West of ROck Creek.

Rev. Angelo Hall, A. B., b. D., formerly OF
Georgetown, where he resided many years
at 2Il5 n street, has been called to the Uni
tartan Church al Turner'S Falls, Mass. Since
his departure from Georgetown Mr.. Hall
married Miss Margaret G.. Jones of Plym-
outh, Pa. In addition TO his church work he
has found time to write and publish a key to
the Bible from a Unitarian point of view
He is the son of Prof. Asaph Hail. known
in scientific circles, and a brother of Prof
Hall Of Ann Arbor Mich, observatory.
There was a Christian Endeavor rally
last night at Central NJ. P. Church. Mr.
Robert l.. Sutton, president of the central
society, conducted the song service and
after few remarks introduced Mr.. Grant
Leet president of District of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Union, who was invited
TO be present and conduct the evening serv-
Ice Messrs Shand Wilbur, Clark and
Miss Peabody accompanied Mr.. Leet. The
thought presented was More Fruit for
1873. The service was well attended.
A bloom known as the bulbo lodium au-
humans Is attracting good deal of at
tentlon at the home of Marketmaster VIM.
Williams, on 3ith street near Q street. 1t
is said to be the only plant of its kind in
Georgetown. Mr.. Williams received it from
Mr.. Chas. H. Trunnel, and he from his ven
cradle mother whose garden which ad-
joined her old homestead, at one time
one of the attractions of the town
Maj. Geo. Hill is quite i'll, the seriousness
of his condition increasing daily. On ac-
count of his advanced age little hope is
entertained of his recovery.
Mr.. Geo. W. Casilear is spending the
early autumn days in Hughesviiie, Loudoun
county. Va: He will be joined there this
week by Admiral A. W. Weaver of George
town.
Mr. Ed. Craig of this place, who is study
ing Tor the priesthood. is preparing to go
to France to complete his course.
Mrs. w. A. Cunningham, jr, is lying i'll
of typhoid fever at her home, 1927 32d street
northwest