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Show THEY SAW DOCTORED DIAMONDS. la Jarflijr PLENTY OP SCOPE POP CLEVER SWINDLERS. Cnrw tko rulira Will Cat Rla la ka Kad aa l Ha Will llaaaat The Arrest af Froitr Mrs. Bakatw la f Waaklntoa OHOST. A iirolif F.irliaS Oeet Aiipaaraara af aa Apparttlua. The crew of freight train No. 4u7, of the Amboy division, Pennsylvania railroad, firmly believe that they aaw a ghost while ou the run from Jeiwey City on Thursday night. Tba train left Jersey City at 11 o'clock on Thursday night, and, having freight fur Wood-bridgN. J., stopped at that place between 1 and 2 o'clock In tho morning. Fireman Bender went forward to Bag My approaching train, but hia hair stood on end when he eew e wbla form, apparently a woman, seated on a atone wall covering a small stream and rapping the stones with a stick. He mustered up courage and asked the boat what It wanted. In response tba g cry. At pook gave a this Brakeman Whitehead, who bad arrived on the scene, hurriedly took to hia heela and sought shelter in tho cabooao. When Enrlneer Campbell's attention waa attracted to the spook bo exclaimed: No ghosts for me opened the throttle and rapidly carried hia train away from tho haunted spot. of thla city Brakeman Stelnmet vouches for the story, and aaya a fireman on another train aaw the ghostly figure at the aame spot about a week before. Several Woodbrtdge people also aaw the ghost, and the town la excited over the strange apparition. New York World. Bha main bi-e- n vived, and re- will probably I a d a a a aoma amart raacal to tnra kla aklll In that direction. Hra. Roberta waa caught In the attempt to aell doctored diamonds, and but for tba auaplclon of the would-b- e purchaser would have netted a blf profit. Tba dlamonda which Mrs. Roberta triad to dispute of were cheap yellow stones which bad been aklllfully colored. Diamond experts aay that atones can be no skillfully colored that detection la next to Impossible; that there Is a mint of money In such a scheme for the man who can do the coloring cleverly, and at the same time ime discretion in the disposition of hla goods. And yet so pefect an tha relations betweean the Importers and dealers In these precious atones that the thing baa not heeen attempted, commercially speaking, within the memory of the oldest expert The atones selected for this treatment an yellow atones of poor grade, In whose cutting Utile cure has been employed. The fine atones are usually cut Into what la known as the knife edge," but In the yellow or Inferior tones It la not uncommon to find rough odgea over which the cutter baa glided carelessly. It la thaae rough edges, ao to apeak, which the diamond colorist selects for hla manipulations. Ily means of a touch, ever ao infinitesimal, of anlllna dye, he la able to Impart to the yellow atone, the beeutlful tints which distinguish the white end more valuable diamond. When It la remembered that the white atone, with Its Iridescent bluish radiance, la worth more than twice the yellow diamond, the algnlfi-eunc- e of the color scheme la at once ap- parent Purple la the moat effective color for this deception. Laid on with u fine brush and then coated with e preparation of gluo and other substances It will successfully resist the action of alcohol, which la ordinarily relied upon by diamond dealers to uncover frauds of this kind. That thla deception la not more extensively practiced la to the undying credit of the diamond trade. This la a business which first, last and all the time must proceed upon confidence. Importers get their dlamonda In packages direct from the European cutters, and the goods are never known to fall below the grade inscribed , upon the parcels In which they come. It will easily be comprehended, however, that an expert roloriat could without fear of detection ao manipulate Inferior stones aa to realise Urge profits from Inexpert but confiding customers. There is a story current that a number of apparently magnificent white atone were once purchased by the Shah of Persia, who; whan they were brought to him, was engaged In the dlacuaalon of an American cocktail. Hla majesty, while holding one of tho atones between thumb end finger, for better scrutiny. Inadvertently dropped It Into the cockUll. When It wee fished eut the diamond wee observed to have changed Ita beautiful white end blue MRS. R. E. ROBERTS, yellow. The wise men who explained to the Shah the cause of thla transformation are said to have received the Uah. But after that the ruler, whenever he received a consignment of dlamonda Invariably took the precaution of dumping them Into e bowl of crude alcohol, which was near at hand. Half a Mila Itorp, Nearly two years ago a borehole waa itarted at the Charles D. Kaler Brewing Company's plant. In Mahonoy City lenn., with the auppoaition that at e depth of a few hundred feet the drill would etrlke eufflclent water to supply the large plant. Month after month they worked, passing through the coal eaeuree, and still no water waa found. Lately the hope wee centered on the red shale. Experts claimed that when thla waa encountered there would-b- e a gush of water. Now red shale has been reached, but ae yat no water he been found. The borehole has now reached the depth of 2,000 feet, and the boring atlll continues. i 5fRS. JOYCE. Society, in New York, the other day. She had applied to Uaglstrata Slmme to help her find her huehaud, George Joyce, 22 years old, who had aaved her life at a watering place on the Pacific coast In June and married her three weeks ago. Tha eouple arrived in New York abort of fund and the husband disappeared, Later a young man where stood tha noted Westing-plie- d to the police for aid In finding hla wife. Belle Joyce. He said ha had gone to Connecticut to attend to aome business and had necn robbed. He waa directed to the Gerry society, where, however, he waa not allowed to ace hie ap-ne- ar wife. aaya that her Ject waa not to a squire lams, but get I don't auppost a little money ahead. a pa tea tee again," aa over Ml appear be Wot Thai aa Hal rata aa Morrua aba laughed. "Thla patent has oost me m Na'aclta Well Ma UoSoppr Ufa so much time, worrlment and cash. aa4 IUi la Baa IWwar Lavar Cmmtm to HotKomoo. AMOS DECKER KILL8 G. MILES RS. Emily J. Tlch-esof Lakeview, N. J., who baa Just become a woman "patentee, has a very interesting life hisShe waa a tory, noted beauty of Pittsburg, Pa., In her youth, and belonged to one of the first famine of to- -, city. Her father waa John Craw-- 1 ford, at that time senior partner In the firm which waa really the foundation for tha greatest steel company of the country, at present Carnegie, Phlppa A Co., of Homestead, Pa. 8he waa born an heiress, waa the fiancee or a steel king (Andrew Carnegie) and now, at mlaille age, la moving fortune again lu a field women seldom enter. Twenty-fiv- e years ago the Crawfords were the leaden of society in the Iron-CitThey lived in a flue mansion at the East Liberty end of Penn avenue, near where the noted Weitlnghousa palace now stands on Ita green terraces above the Pennsylvania railroad, and not far from the "collect of the preaent Carnegie firm the homes of Mn. Thomas Carnegie, John L. Lelsh-inaII. C. Frick and several others. There were four In the family, Emily, Almeda, Sally and Edward. The girls were noted for their beauty, and still retain no small share of it. They graduated from the Pittsburg Female College in the palmy days, when Frances Willard, the great temperance advocate, waa a preceptress there, and Ita alumnae were scattered all over the Methodist communities of the United States. John Crawfords iron foundry was at Homewood, and In hla shop were two young foremen, the "Carnegie boys, who were great favorites of hla and had the entree of hla home. Andy, the younger, had been a telegraph operator, and tho manufacturer even then predicted great things of hla It waa no secret that Andy fancied Em Crawford, the handsomest of the girls, and for two years danced attendance on her. It waa understood that the young folks were engaged, and It was considered a great match for Andy until Mias Crawford went to spend a summer at the sea or . iMmm Sn p ParsaaU fcjr a Mari Vs Paaaaa Amos Decker, II years old, shot and killed George Miles at Findlay, Ohli the other evening. The boye quarreled over a Joke which aom of tho boys in tho neighborhood had played upon a butcher and also over tha butcher's daughter, to whom both were paying attention. Young Decker then ran to hla home, a block away, for hla tevol-ve- r, while Miles was detained by Deckers father. When Decker returned l rushed up to Miles and fired, the ball eotarlng the stomach, causing death In two hours. Young Decker, aided by hla father, ran to the edge of the city, while n mob of 200 men, armed with hotguna, revolvers and pltchforka, started after him. The mob took along a rope. Old man Decker succeeded In getting hold of a big gray home for hla on and upon thla the boy rode rapidly away. lie was headed for Lima, but Mokae Mia y. While James Merrick end Enos Knowlton, of Cooperevllle, Mich., were picking blackberriea the other day they heard some one call for help. Thinking It waa aome boye calling for some sport they at first paid no attention to It, but the cry kept up and they finally concluded that some one waa really wanting help. After passing through the woods for about 30 roda they found Wd. Thlrkettle, of Ber'ln, pale aa a ghost. In hie right hand he held the neck of a large black snake which waa colled around hia left arm, extending from hia hand to hia shoulder. After 'a the anake waa removed from Mr. arm and killed It waa measured end found to be Just five feet In length. Mr. Thlrkettle eald he stood near a tree picking berries and felt something agatnat hla arm. but thought nothing of It till all at once e snake's head head appeared In hie face. He quickly aelsed him by the neck when the anake tightened hla grip on kla arm. and Mr. Thlrkettle could not get him off, for the harder he pulled oa the anake the closer the anake gripped hla arm and held It aa If lu a vice. "Then, aeya Mr. Thlrkettle, I yelled, for I bed to. Thlr-kettle- tlalm MU MrMe. Fifteen years ago Luther E. Aeh, of Bennington, Mich., then a lad of 15, waa compelled to go to Montana In search of health. In hla letter home he Inquired about hie neighbor's daughter, Ellas Spangler, whom he ueed to When carry on hla back to arhool. Elixa got older she corresponded with the Montana cowboy. Bennington's beaux used to wonder why she seemed to care nothing for their attentions. The other day a young man six feet tall, strong and robust, waa seen riding a pony through the village. No one knew who It waa until they aaw the stranger rein up and diemount in front of Farmer Spangler's home. He proved to be Luther Ash, who had traveled all the way from Ox Bow Mount on horseback to claim Eliza Spangler aa hla wife. He and Eliza ent to Owoaso and were made one by Justice Hyerley. Fhjlloiitra. Itassivl The highly poisonous nature of acetylene haa suggested the possibility of employing carbide of ralclum aa an Insecticide for agricultural purposes. Tests are proposed In which the carbide will be thoroughly mixed with earth, ao that under the Influence of motalure, ncetylene may be slowly given off at the roots of plant!. Thla would have tbe effect of destroying all animal life, while tbe consisting of chalk and a little ammonia, would have a beneficial Influence on the aolL It la thought that If tho method should he effective. It may be turned to very a. valuable account as a remedy for Whether It would succeed equally well in all weathers, wet or dry, remains to be proved. )s V AMOS DECKER, few miles out from the elty and made good hla escape. turned south a Taronl Him Klick. Charles Baker, a boy 15 years old. while at work in a wheat field near Burlington, la., the other day, stepped upon a rattle snake, receiving ita fangd In hia leg. At once hla entire body bes, gan to swell, and soon reached the skin being stretched almost to the bursting point. He large doaea of whisky with bur little effect, except to atop the swelling, but aside from that he suffered the greatest agony and hla life was In danger. He haa turned black aa a negre In the face and over a greater portion bore. Here she met and fell In love with of hla body, and no remedy acorna to top the spread of the diocoloratlon or John Tichenor, a young man of an excellent Newark (N. J.) family, but a ease the pain. Farm hands killed the Tichenor followed her snake after a fight of several minto her Pittsburg home, and waa forbid- utes, In which one of them had a narden the house by the father, who had row escape from being bitten. Tbe repheard 111 report of him, and, anyway, tile waa nearly five feet long. favored Carnegie's suit. A Kamorkoble Parental opposition only added fuel Haifa to the young people's love, and, one Tho corpse plant la the name of a morning, Emily did not come down to moat remarkable carnlvioua specimen breakfast. Instead, the chambermaid that grows In the colony of Natal. It brought down tbe usual note, which grows to a very conaiderable size, and she had found pinned to "Mias Em's Ita principal feature la a throat aomethlng like the flower of an pillow. Eraa" elopement broke up the fam- arum lily, but much larger and deeper, ily, and. It la said, broke old John and opening Into a hollow stem. It Crawford's heart. He died shortly af- it almost black In color, and covered ter. and Em's" name was not men- with a thick glutinous secretion. Ita tioned In the will, neglect which the principal characteristic la Ita loathbrothers and slaters did not think It some odor, strongly resembling that of necessary to romedy. So Em waa left decayed carlon. By means of thla It penniless, with a husband to whose attracts carrion feeding birds to It. One they alight on It they are lost. worthleeeneaa waa added disappointment at hla wlfe'i disinheritance. He Their claws become entangled in the dragged hia wife and growing family secretion, tho hell shaped mouth fold: about from city to city until she pluck-ll- y up, and they are literally swallowed, determined to get along without feather and all. and digested by Juices him. She bought a piece of land at secreted in tho throat of the plant. Laltevlew, near Paterson, N. J., right opposite the lake filled up by the A IsaSnd Mlllloo Bass. railroad, which affords a standing Joke A peep Into the heavens through a modera telescope la a peep Into the very depths of mystery. With such an Instrument ona may gaze upon 100,000,-00- 0 atara, each of them a burning, blazing aun! From what little we know of creation we cannot but believe that each of those auna la giving light and heat to a train of planeta, Just In the same manner that our aun gives Ugh', aud Ilf to hla own little flock of worlds. Beyond those 100,000,000 sun there may continue system after system and worlds without end. Verily, we may say with Richters dream man who was taken on a voyage by an angel End through the depths of apace: there la none, neither was there a beMRS. EMMA TICHENOR. ginning." to the Tichenor family, who always Invite their gueato to "walk on the Kalis af Fraaldaat Taa Bars a. water to get to the railroad station. Mrs. Martha Larrabee, of Ripley In the severe business stress a couple county, Ind., had on exhibition at the of yea re ago Mrs. Tichenor nearly lost Osgood fair an ancient article which has her home. She waa buying on time, attracted considerable Interest It was and the mortgage waa not half paid off a email linen garment or mantle that when all her sources of Income atopped, was spun and woven In the old country and she saw foreclosure staring her by the grandmother of the American In the face. Martin Van Buren, and prepresident, In thla extremity an actress named sented lo him at hla birth. It waa Warrington, who boarded at the koufte presented by Mrs. Van Buren and know aomethlng of Mrs. Tichenor'a to her friend, Mrs. Perine, and by that history, suggested an appeal to her old became prized after Ita lover, who was aald to have remained family owner greatly had attained national original ingle till a few years before on account For four generations it has of fair Emily Crawford. Mrs. Tichenor celebrity. from one to another, and has descended finally consented, and the two called aa a treasured on Mr. Carnegla la hie home office, on been carefully guarded heirloom. Notwithstanding Its great 51at street, New York. and shows Positions were now reversed. The age it la still substantial, of time. Jilted lover now had the wealth, and little effect the auer waa the sued. Whatever transVary Larga Thla. pired at that Interview "Em Crawford's mortgage waa raised and a deed j "But there la aomethlng between you of gift placed la her binds. aud the glrir ah asked. Mr. Tichenor la atlll lae looking, Ye." he replied sadly. "The dog.' n, with haxel eyes and curl'Buffalo Times. ing hair. She la tell, haa a good figure and euave, refined manner. She haa ) One Maine man haa gone Into the three children, May, a handsome girl nnlque business of raising doves for cf 17, Beoale, a promising pianist, and weddings, parties, at a. ne'er-do-we- Hold Iho Saak a. phyl-Inaer- Recent etatlstlce show that the public libraries of Europe contain 20,000,-i0- 0 of hooka Mrs. Tichenor Is very modest about ker Invention, and REMEM' n, Te tint for a sickly SHE WILL WED A KINO BERED MRS. EMM ATICHENOR. blood-curdlin- The t'hllrt llrlrta. Mrs. Belie Joyce, 15 years old, waa committed to the care of the Oarry STEEL KINOS LOVE. ANDREW CARNEOIE e, Raaaatly. ITJf Ike arrest if Nri. R. E. Roberta, la Washington, D. C., recently, a clever fraud which, for many yean baa bran dormant, baa - A iramens-proportion- war-give- ll. bell-ahap- ed i nut-brow- NEW YORK GIRL TO BE QUEEN OP THE CANNIBALS. Wm Saea Mari Mr. Jaba Hatha Utaly Chaaaa Kla af Ulkaa A Vary Kaataaaa Will Ka ISaHaaS hy tha Sooao N the well awpoley-eliving d apait-men- U of n New York who city talW stitched hu way Into end sewed ing! In a bag. Is Mr. Hobba, the fortune hie savoambrlo John F. King of the Cannibal Islands. The tailors name Is Mr. P. Collin, a gentleman of rather advanced age, who halla from Sweden. Mr. Collin haa a beautiful daughter whose name la Ella and the King of Ilikan la In New York to marry her and take her back to the Southern seas to place her by hla o side on the throne of a land. Mias Eli it simply charmed. She often dreamed of being a princess or a queen, and her fond mother, a comely matron of perhaps 40, aald that fate had destined her daughters life to be one of luxury and power. She thinks that aa the queen, Ella, the young lady, will exert a powerful In-t-1 uence over her subject a and eventually lead the aavRge bands, over whom King Hobbs rules, to Christianity. The of this wedding of royal proportions haa not yet been definitely fixed. But it proli.'-blwill occur within two 'Vfintha. To make it the more patriotic he engagement waa announced on July 1 last. Early in the afternoon of that lay the Etnperor of the Cannibal irlanda called upon the mother of the f'liure queen and asked for the fair Ella's hand In marriage. He said he wished to make her the fairest creature on earth hla queen and bride. The comely Mrs. Collin smiled and asked for tbe King's credentials. They were promptly produced and Included all manner of newspaper clippings from different parts of the world. After a careful examination of the royal scrapbook, hire. Collin gave her consent to the crowning of her daughter, but stipulated that the future queen should have a couple of months In which to think for herself. Ella la only IS year old and King llohba ia 34. She has a face of the most classic character. Her eyes are large and lustrous. Her hair, of which there ia a vast profusion, la of a moat beautiful Titian hue, and reminds one of Mrs. Leslie Carters tresses. From the upper Up to the extremity of the forehead the face of King Hobbs i like that of Senator Hill. Hie eyes are very dark, and the expression of hla face ia generally frank and pleasant. He la not a pirate king, nor le there any of the adventurous about him. He 1a an ordinary, plain, every-damodeat monarch, who fell into luck by chance six years ago while the politicians of the New Hebrides were looking for a .Moses. Like Robinson Crusoe, be beanie monarch of all he surveyed In a short time without the aid of any Man Friday. With hia simple air and modeat demeanor, there la nothing of the comic opera king about John Hobba. The one remarkable thing about thla ruler, la that he la a good American. He hails from South Carolina. Hla father la now a practicing physician In Atlanta, Ga. Hla grandfather used to be a senator. He haa roamed around the globe at will for many years peat, and finally made Sidney, N. S. V hia home. In '.he year 1890 the Australian government aent him Into the sugar fields to investigate the then new labor law. Of all the laborers employed at thla industry he found none ao capable aa the men from the Hebrides. It waa seldom eeml-aavag- y, Beebe landing on the Hikes Island the king died. As ke had left n ha tho ehlefa called n convention te eoloct n ruler. The cholee lay between two warrior who had held great positions under tbe governmenL After spirited arguments between the twe candidate tha eonventlon named and ratified John Hobba aa king. Each year since hla enthronement King John, or, aa he la beat known by the natives of tho lllkan Islands, Oumalea, takes a vacation of about six months. Ho goes to n different part of the world at different aeaaona. It was when he cam to Now York city, about five months ago, that he met Mlaa Collin. She had been from school but n year, and her pretty face, ae well ae her Titian tresses, sent him Into raptures. After a brief courtship they fell madly In love with each other, and the engagement followed. King John aaya that hla subjects will look upon her ae e goddess. Ae tbe tmpreaa of tha lllkana, she will Mlalle." It will be late in the fall before the King of the Cannibal islands will resume hla duties aa ruler of the new South Sea station. The Ilkian islands form n garden of wealth. Timber le among the chief exports Among the many valuable timber trees are the veal; the d!lo, the oil from its seeds being much used In the Islands aa In India, In the treatment of rheu- - MISS COLLIN, matlam; the dakua allied to the New Zealand kauri; the valval, the Caauar--Inand others, chiefly conifers, Guttl-fera- e, Hyrtaceae, and Legumlnueae. Moat of the fruit trees are also valuable ae timber. The native cloth (maai) ia beaten out from the bark of the paper mulberry, cultivated for the purpose. Several useful fibers are supplied by plants of the Blusaceae Bromelldeae, Thymeleae, anl other orders. Of tbe le by far the moat palms the cocoa-nimportant. Dr. Seaman discovered a sago-palknown to the natives by the name of eogu. though they were then Ignorant of ita use. The yaai or sandalwood le mow rarely found, and only in a email district at tbe western extremity of Yanua Levu. Thre ore various useful drugs, apices, and perfume; and many plants are cul'.iva ed for their beauty, to which the natives are keenly alive. Among the plants are reveral fern?, and ured aa por-ii- c two or three Solanuma, one of which S. anthropophagurum, allied to our S. nigrum, was one of certain plants always cooked with human flesh, which lx aald to te otherwise difficult of digestion. The use of the kava root, here called yanggena. from which the n ttaMoual beverage Is made, waa Introduced, it la aald, from Tonga. a, ut m well-know- A WEIRD TALE. hiliu Bplrltaallau Kauaatloaol (tin Oat loaa Mm. At the state Spiritualist camp meeting at Anderson, Ind., recently, Hon. William Baxter, late of Richmond, and author of the famous Baxter liquor law, materialized and appeared to his friends. He talked some time o the political outlook. Following his the spirit of Isaac Shinier, a suicide, materialised and came out Into the room. He gave a warning to those who contemplated He then returned to the cabinet, and a second later a series of gurglea and struggles emitted from the cabinet. The lights were hastily turned up and the curtains of the cabinet turned back. Nothing waa there but the medium, bound hand and foot, In tha chair. He waa unconaoloua and waa black in the fare.-H- e explained that suicides or people who die a horrible death often wlah to dematerlalize la that way. The spirit of Dr. Weaterfleld, the founder of Spiritualism In the west, and for many years president of the Indiana association, appeared, and expressed hla wish that the association would continue President Parkinson, who took Dr. Weaterfield'a place, at tha head of the association. He said that Parkinson waa the maa appointed of the spirit to take hla place at the head. The Splrltnalleta will elect him. Dr, Weaterfleld aald that he waa enjoying life beyond the grave, Partlea were on the grounds trying to get in touch with the spirit of Pearl Bryan. They were from Crawfordavllle and Greencaatle. They were friends and relatives of the girl. Aa yet they have been unsuccessful in their efforts. Several attempts have also been made by the friends of Emile Clgrand, one of Holmes' victims, whose home was Is Anderson, to get the archfiend to materialize. The spirits who do materialize and the controls state that Holmes cannot be found. He aeeemi to he down In the darkness. blood-curdli- Inlanders to their native home 1,200 miles away after their terms of work had been fulfilled. The natives of each Island of the New Hebrides group speak different languages, and regard each other aa deadly enemies. Cannibalism ia quite common. The labor law laid down by the government decreed that earh of the aavagea should he sent back to their own king and Island when hie term of service in the to sugar plantation! was over. It ace that thla law waa carried out by the contractors that John Hobba was sent among them. On hla way to the ll'.ka Islands in 1890 the vessel In which he sailed was wrecked In a hurricane, rutting a cork Jacket over hla palamae Hobba Jumped overboard, and after two days of drifting and terrible Buffering, waa picked up by two lllkan fishermen. He waa taken before the reigning king, who regarded him as a messenger from God and at once adopted him. The natives had been preparing for war at the time with a neighboring nation. Through a piece of strategy on the part of Mr. Hobba the army of the opposing Island waa defeated and Mr. Hobba was appointed war chief. A little more than nine months after vu Bor's Keck Hrekao, Harry Grubbs, the eoa of Albert Grubba, a prominent farmer, living nine miles west of Lawrencae burg, Ky., was out riding when tha horse became unmanageable. The hay waa thrown and hla neck broken. The hide of the hippopotamus, la oor-ta- ln parts, attaiaa a thickness of tw Inches, d |