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you would have the goodness to make
Oh In that direction until I'm gone, I
won't be back hunting for no burglars
until morning. Better keep toesther.
though. or he'll stave your rfbs' in
separate, as easy as barrels"
"Who?" Brodsky demanded.
The caretaker jeered at him. -"No,
no. you don't catch me in any. afifda-
Wits" he. answered. II done my duty
by the old man and his animals, and
he knows 1t and lets me alone. He
was always hot.headed, the old major
was. and II he chooses to squeeze your
ribs in now that he's dead, why, It's
just what he'd have. done II he'd been
alive. He made trumpet Of his
hands. POLLY Poll! POLL Poll!"
he yelled:
saw.a diminutive child come swift.
ly out Of the house She might have
been IA years Of age, from her gen.
eral appearance. though her stature
was that OF child half her years She
came up furtively. taking no notice OF
any Of us, and stood still, biting the
corner Of her apron The caretaker
scolded her for Ter absence.
Baby been with Punk said the
girl In childish treble. "Plunk good.
Baby love PUNK. PUNK no love. big
cat. Baby no love big cat"
Her father caught her roughly by
the hand and pulled her toward him.
Polly, have done with that nonsense"
he said sharply. "Plunk's dead and
gone and you won't see him again"
He turned to US. We're hoping she'll
grow up like any other child" he said
more softly; but the monkeys deaths
kind OF upset her mind;a little. Now,
Polly. you come home to your Ma"
The girl burst into a passion Of
tears and sobbed as though her hear.
were broken. We left them there and
set of at brisk pace In the direction
which had been indicated.
You really think it's the spirit Of
the old MAORI" queried the reporter,
when we had left the house behind us.
My dear fellow" Brodsky an.
swered. III | were in the habit OF
forming hypothesis without basis
OF satisfactory evidence | should new.
er have learned what little know
about these things. Never be led in,
to hypothesis. even In your own
trade" he continued whimsically. 81
can tell you one thing, however, it's
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is this light enough for your" he
asked, and VT assented. The repor.
ter was making brave attempt to
stife the external signs OF his obvious
fear, and ! was not wholly free from a
sickening sensation in the pit of the
stomach and a certain weakness Of
the knees. The low.placed candles
cast gigantic shadows before them,
throwing the floor OF the room into
strong illumination, but leaving the
rafters OF the roof almost entirely con.
cealed In shadows. The macaws still
screamed and chartered. moving con.
tinually. but always In such manner
that they faced the same side of the
room simultaneously. The cages were
swinging again. -
Our poltergeist friend evidently en-.
joys the birds" said Brcdsky calmly.
why does he come here instead of
going home with the girl?" I asked
Where does he get his power?"
Rrodsky made no rejoinder. At my
side l felt the reporter shaking like
reed. Isn't there any remedy" he
whispered. Cant you pray 1t away"
You can't pray away an elemen.
tal,' the doctor answered. 1T hasn't
Intelligence enough to understand
prayer. knowing neither good nor evil.
! might scare 1t away"
Scare 1t, scare IT, the reporter
urged.
by putting out the lights" Brodsky
continued, Though It tried to extin.
guish them in its freakish FRANKS. this
sort OF spirit, unlike. those Of a higher
order, is really afraid Of darkness"
The reporter leaped up with a
ccream. :.
Something pinched me, I swear,"
he cried, trembling.
sit over here" said Brodsky. indi.
eating the bags that covered the chez.
tab skin. Now, my friend, stay
there, no matter what occurs. and
nothing will harm. you. Draw closer"
ne added to me. I'll take your place.
Now. silence. please, everyone"
Everything was silent now. The
birds had gone to sleep. Sitting there,
! was conscious that my own fear
gradually yielded to sensation Of In.
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between the unicellular organism and
man. and is now waiting for its first
appearance in human shape. probably
as a degraded savage-whether It is
this. or whether the poltergeist is sim.
ply leakage from the universal soul
stun, am not prepared to say. At
any rate, 1t possesses very limited
Intelligence and strong earthward as
pirations,, which show themselves
mostly In the flinging Of crockery and
the playing Of malicious tricks. This
is q well.known phenomenon; the
celebrated Cock Lane ghost OF DR..
Johnson's day. which perplexed eigth.
zenith century London. was uhuoubted.
" a polteryeist. Curiously enough. II
"a invariably associated with the, pres.
euce OF an imbecile child, the reason
probably being that this Is the intel.
Iigence which draws 1t earthward and
furnishes the source Of power.
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allied phenomena - mat.
GERS astonishing to laymen but more
or less commonplace TO students OF
Hhe science. was now to witness
one OF the darker and more mysteri.
GUS phases OF spirit power.
remember that Brodsky and l had
Deen reading an account OF so-called
haunted" house In lonely neighbor.
MOOD 10 Or IL miles distant. The
structure. which was rambling old
place. had belonged to major in the
army. who had retired from active
service to reside there and spend his
declining bachelor days alone. He
mad seen service in the Philippines
mad Travelled In India, and brought
Iback with him an assortment of GU.
Iious animals. including cheetah,
one OF the wild cats OF Bengal. sew.
eral large parrots Of brilliant plumage,
and young orang.outang. which he
mad captured In Borneo. He had be.
come greatly attached to this beast
and had educated 1t until It developed
almost human intelligence. The ma.
oor had died suddenly, however. the
large ape had refused food and pined
away until it followed him. and the
old house was now occupied only by
caretaker and his daughter, who
tended the surviving animals under
The terms of the majors will
About two months after the owner
death rumors had spread through the
neighborhood that the place was
haunted. Pictures had fallen from
The walls. crockery had been seen to
ny Violently across the kitchen. chairs
and tables acquired a prediction for
Waiting without the application OF
visible motor power. The neIghbors,
at first interested spectators OF these
phenomena, had come to shun the
place when II was seen that the play.
er OF these pranks was actuated by
some malicious motive. A gossipng
woman had been struck senseless by
fiying tumbler. A member OF a
psychical research society. who had
volunteered to pass the night in the
menagerie. where these manifesto.
lions mostly appeared had been found
senseless upon the floor next morning
his body covered with bruises, and
three ribs broken. He had been re-
moved to hospital. where he lay
precariously Ill and mentally de
ranged as result OF his fearful ex
Deriences
What do you make Of 1t, Doctor?'
asked, when Brodsky had laid down
his paper
IT'S nothing in the world but pol
tergeist," the Doctor answered Then
seeing my look of mystiication, he
continued:
"A poltergeist Is one Of those ele
mental. half human forms that have
never achieved incarnation in human
form. The universe is a palpitating
crOwdiEg mass Of soul stun, most OF
II discarnate, small part exteriorized
in various highly heterogeneous ply
Jical forms. Whether this elemental
peing has already gone through the
millions OF progressive incarnations
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Ing. I could fight DO longer. I sank :
down; felt fetid breath upon my
throat and the points Of brazen fns-
ers that closed on my gullet
then - something furry and soft
fel! over me and our enemy was gone.
lay there, hardly breathing. Long
afterward, 1t seemed to me, the doctor
lit the candles.
NO" said the reporter, thought
fully, next morning EMO. shall not
write up that story. shall go home
and spend the weekend in bed and
tell the editor that l fell down on IT,
He smiled family through his brqi
and blackened lips. His face walF
mass Of wounds.
And SO 1t was the cheetah skin that
saved our lives" queried.
The doctor nodded. He looked hard.
ly more presentable than either my.
self or the reporter. "A happy in.
spiration, indeed, that led me to bring
1t into the house." he said. Surely
some good angel was helping US last
night. Never have come so near
failure, nor have your lives been saved
so miraculously."
"You knew 1t was not poltergeist
all the while?" l asked.
1T actually was a poltergeist," the
doctor answered, "for 1t had conclud.
ed its last incarnation before assum.
ing the body Of man, and will doubt.
less reappear, some centuries hence,
as human Of very degraded order
possibly native Australian or Anda-
man islander. The majors training
had undoubtedly assisted the beast in
working out the> end Of its brute
births.
"Yet 1t was no agent of evil" con.
tinued Brodsky. THE education 1t
received. which brought it almost up
to the verge Of human understanding,
had kindled in 1t world OF longing.
of appreciation of its outcast state.
1t wanted human love, companionship,
by virtue Of its nearly human soul,
consciousness persisted after death.
as is common among the anthropoid
apes, instead of rushing back into the
vast. we'll of eternal Consciousness
. and 1t fingered near the child who had
befriended 1t. 1t knew the caretaker
and did not modest him, but when
strangers approached the girl II,
watched them narrowly, and harsh.
ness or blows inspired 1t to furious
defense Of her. Yes, suspected the
orang.outang early in the proceedings.
knew 1t couldn't be the cheetah, for
the cat family is too low in the scale
to retain any individual memories Of
life. l was convinced when 1t made
no response to that challenge we
hurled at it, which true poltergeist
would have understood and taken up
Immediately. And luckily ] remem.
bered that the big cats are the only
enemies feared by these monster
apes; that was why 1t wouldn't go
near the candles when l set them be.
side the skin. And that swinging Of
the bird.cages-it was Just what an
ape would do, wasn't IT."
But will 1t not return" ! asked,
and injure others?"
Not for awhile" said Brodsky.
And meanwhile, shall make 1t my
business to see that that child is re-
moved to an institution for the feeble.
minded. She has lived too long with
the other world; with care and intel
ligent companionship am convinced
we shall yet succeed in making fair
ly rational human being of her"
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Business Before Pleasure.

II see that you have been reading
political economy"
"A little" answered Senator. Sor.
ghum; "but had to giy It up. l got
so interested I was In DANGER Of neg
lecting the appropriations demanded
By my constituents"
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Cruelty.

This poem" said the confident au.
thor, belongs. l might say. to the
earlier school Of composition"
"Yes," replied the harsh editor; the
kindergarten"
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OST of the examples Of
psychical manifestations
that l had hitherto investi-
gated In the company Of
DR. Ivan Brodsky were of
spiritual possession and the
allied nhanomop, ,t
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-11-10
Almost Lost An Eye

While playing at the Gymnasi-
UNI last Thursday night, Louis
Wigg narrowly escaped putting
out an eye for Lawrence Case. The
former was poking at the latter
with broom handle, to which ap-
parently something sharp lad been
attached, and striking him in the
forehead with it, laid his face open
for almost three inches. DR.. Shur-
lex was summoned and dressed the
woun !, and it is hoped no bad re-
suits will ensue.
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Back From The States

Mayor P. C. Mccormack, wife
and family, returned on the Dol
phin after a visit with friends il
the states, all glad to be in Wran-
CELL again. During his absence,
as announced elsewhere in Tie
Sentinel, Peter bought out the IL
Of Messrs. McHugh and Monts-
que, his partners in the St. Nj
chael Trading Co., and will here
after conduct the business indie
oendently.
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Hallow Zen Party

Shortly after nine o'clock on
Hallow Zen, ehastly procession
Of Egyptian mummies and other
spooks in floating white draperies
were seen in Petersburg vending
their way to the home of Mr.. and
Charles Linscott, on Capitol Hill.
Upon arrival they were ushered in
% Oriental parlors by other ghosts
N winding sheets and head gear
-vo feet high. From every side of
lheroom glared red eyes from hid
aous looking skulls and pumpkin
faces amid evergreen decorations.
Not word was spoken till the
lock struck ten, but the groans
md signs were pathetic. Pencils
md paper were then distributed by
Mrs. Linscott and the ghosts were
old to write down the names Of the
other ghosts. Roars of merriment
followed the unmasking, when gray
ghiskers fell from youthful chins
and portly figures became slender.
The first prize, consisting of rub
Der doll, was won by Miss Edna
Gaynor.
Fortune telling and other games
and contests were INDUCED in till
midnight, when the guests gather
ed around the festal board and par
took of a generous repast. Then
lights went out, and as blue flames
shot up from the plate before each
lively spook, weird and thrilling
ghost stories were told until some
Of the shivering spirits were afraid
to go home in the dark, SO the gal
amt hosts, Delbert Linscott, Roy
Brown and Philip Gaynor, with a
5lare of unghostly trumpets, kept
watch at the street corners till the
jewellers had all safely reached
home. Contributed.
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Take Notice

Notice is hereby given chat tres
passing upon the Jensen reservoir
for skating or any other purpose
is strictly forbidden, and anyone
trespassing thereon will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
!. C. GRANT.
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Pack $500 Cases Only

R. L. Leonard, of the Dry Bay
Packing Co., was a passenger on
the Humboldt, south bound. He
reports that owing to the delay ex-
perienced in getting the cannery
erected, the run of fish was so near
ly over that they able to secure but
s, 500 cases as the pack for the
year, all reds. This is the can
merry Marshall Grant is interest
ed in, Mr.. Leonard states that
everything is now in shape for a
big pack next year.
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The Coznplete Count

The official returns Of the recent
election as compiled " the cam
vassing board, were made public
last week and, in brief, are as fol-
lows:
Total regular vote Wickcrsbam
$500; Orr, 25o3; O'Connor, 1866;
scattering, ,. Total irregular vote
Wickersham, 1872; Orr, 81; o.
Conner, 500; scattering, 9. Grand
totals, Wickersham, 45z2; Orr,
500: O'Connor, I435; scattering,
IS.
The irregular vote of 2ssI cast
for the candidates counting in the
election was caused by election Of
dcals not notifying the governors
office Of the election.
The 1908 election returns were:
Wickersham 5,8o2
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Our Assessed Valuation

At a recent meeting of the Town
Council, the tax levy for the en-
suing year was decided upon, be
ing one per cent. As the assessed
valuation Of the town is S12o, 500
90, this will mean that the tota1
taxes for the year will amount tc
sI,2o8.9o.
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Town Council Gets Busy

The Town Council had an inter-
esting time of it Monday night.
During the session, which was a
special one, an ordinance was
passed for the purpose Of prevent
ing cattle and chickens running at
large on the streets of the town,
and also licensing dogs. The Ii
cense on a male dog was fixed at
81. so per year, and on a female
dog $500 for the same time. In
addition to this, a new sidewalk
was ordered laid on Stickine aven-
ne, from Al. Osborn's corner this
way to the Cole property. y new
walk waa laid to the latter point
comparatively recently.
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Partnership 0ieolvsd

Notice is hereby given that P.
c. Mccormack of Wrangell, Alas
ka, has purchased the interests Of
T. C. McHugh and Bernard Mon
tague in the St. Michael Trading
Company, doing business at Wran-
gell, Alaska.
P. c. Mccormack having be-
come the sole owner of the bust
ness will continue to conduct the
same under the old name. All per-
sons indebted to the said St. Mi
chael Trading Company will pay
their Indebtedness to P. C. Nc
Cormack.
BERNARD MONTAGUE
T. C. McHUGH
P. C. MCCORMACK.
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DR.. Emery is away on a profess
sional visit to the West Coast.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-09

basement is made Of sandstone
taken from the Sentinel Butte
Of town. The building
is to be of wood. and when finally
completed will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 and will be one
of the finest in North Dakota.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-09

he told that he had just come
from Oregon, where he had just
secured title to a grant of land
from the government, on which
he had been living for five years.
AS he had only been in Fargo
few days he was practically un-
known.
The opinion was expressed yes
terday that the man committed
suicide, from the fact that the
address and message contained in
the notebook found on his person
had only been lately written. In
this particular much depends upon
how recent his probable insurance
policy was written. The man
told his fellow employees at the
bakery that he was 20 years old,
though it is said that he did not
look to be 25.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-09
Legislature May
Change Districts
Golden Valley, Slope, Billings,
Bowman, Adams and Stark May
Comprise New Judicial District

A Mandan report says an effort
for the creation Of another judi
cial district in the southwestern
section of the state will be made
at the approaching session of the
legislature. There are ten coun-
ties in the tenth judicial district,
over which Judge Crawford pre-.
sides and the fact that two new
counties have been created out of
portion of Billings county in.
creases the number to twelve.
The proposed new district will
embrace Bowman, Billings, Slope,
Golden Valley and Adams coun-
ties, together with Stark. with
the chambers at Dickinson.
The other district would in
clude Hettinger. Mercer, Oliver,
Dunn and Morton counties.
Mckenzie county would be made
a part of a new distric9 that is
proposed for the northwestern
section Of the state, being linked
with Williams. Divide and Noun
trail counties.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-09
Lots Of Trouble
in Burke County
Lignite and BowbeI|s Fighting Over
County Seat --BowbeIIs the Win.
ner Says Canvassing Board

Bowbells. N. D., Dec. 4.-Bow-
bells has been declared the perma
nent county seat of Burke county,
a proclamation to the effect hav.
ing just been issued by the board
of commissioners. The official
canvass of the vote in the county,
the proclamation says, shows Bow
bells to he the winner If the
county seat.
Up to the time the proclamation
was issued Lignite was supposed
to be the winner in the fight for
the seat of government. That
city had a good sized majority on
the face Of the returns.
Not the least sensational feat.
ure of the fight for county seat
honors was the swearing in by
Sheriff Lucy Of so deputies
charged with the duty of guard.
ing the county records, it being
feared that an effort would be
made to seize them and remove
them to Ignite.
Another interesting question
has just arisen in the county
rhe board of commissioners by
resolution abolished the office Of
deputy county treasurer, but tina
official is still retaining his posi-
tion, signing tax receipts and do
ing the other work of the posi-
tion. The question arises as t,
whether these tax receipts arr
legal. The states attorney ha
been called upon for ruling il
the matter.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-09
Masonic Installation

The fourth annual installation
and banquet Of the Masonic lodge
of Beach took place in the opera
house Wednesday night. The
members gathered at the opera
house and the installation cere-
mony took place on the stage,
after which about IT'S members
and invited guests joined in the
banquet. Prof. C. j. N. Nelson
acting as toastmaster. 1t was a
very successful social affair and
out-of-town guests were loud in
their praises of the lodge.
The following were the officers
installed: F. D. Cooper, w. M. ;
Geo. w. Delaney. S. w.; A. E.
Kastien, j. W.; f. E. Heath,
Treas; c. j. N. Nelson, Sec.; E.
D. Salzman, S. D.; j. P. Smith,
j. D.. Geo. Mcfarland, Tyler; j.
w. Patrick, S. S.; Robert
Sprague, j. S.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-09
Killed at Fafgo;
Homestead Here
Young Man Who Had a Homestead
North Of Beach Is Killed by
Passenger Train in Fargo

August W. Pippert, who has
homestead 35 miles north of
Beach. and who formerly worked
in the Square Deal bakery in this
city, was killed in Fargo last
Saturday on the N. P. tracks by
passenger train No. 4. According
to the Fargo Forum, he was walk
ing beside the track and in some
way got between the engine and
the first car. He was terribly
mangled, both feet being cut off,
one arm off and his face smashed
beyond recognition. He was still
breathing when picked up, but
died in few minutes.
The following account Of the
accident is taken from Mondays
Forum:
A telegram was received this
morning from Mrs. Eline Niksen
of Beach, N. D., to hold the body
of August W. Pippert, the man
who was killed late Saturday
afternoon in the N. P. freight
yards at the Fourth street cross
ing, until further directions
could be received from his rela-
tives in St. Louis. In Mrs. Mix
sens message she stated she had
telegraphed his parents in that
city Immediately upon the receipt
of the telegram from the coroner
in Fargo. She indicated her ina
tility to come herself to Fargo at
this time as she has been i'll for
several days.
The body of Pippert was re-
moved to the Gard morgue, and
after a careful search a notebook
was found on his person in which
was written:
eff anything happens to me
that cannot speak wire Mrs.
Eline Niksen, Beach, N. D., box
IDS. My name is August W.
Pippert.
Cards and a recommendation
from a st. Louis bakery and so
cents in change were also found.
together with gold ring with
the mans name engraved on the
inside. In the lapel of his coat
Pippert wore Merchants Life &
Casualty button, indicating that
he carried some insurance. The
Minneapolis Offices of the compa-
ny have been wired with REGARD
to the amount he may have car
ried.
There have been number of
confusing stories circulated about
the dead man since his tragic end
Saturday afternoon. He is known
to have worked two days as a
driver for the Vienna bakery, and
while there is said to have told
three different stories about him
self. To one of the men at the
shop he is said to have told that
he lived in Dickinson, while to
the employer he is reported to
have said that he was on his way
east, and to one of the clerks in
the Broadway store Of the bakery
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