The Clyde Daily Republican from Clyde, Kansas • 2

WOMAf NERVE SAVED HER LIFE. WOMEN LEARNING TO FIGHT BULLS. GHOSTS GUARDING RICH SILVER MINE. WIFE OF POLISH DOCTOR, LEFT ALONE AT NIGHT, SAW BURGLARS. TROUPE OF DARING FEMALE PERFORMERS TRAINED AT BARCELONA, SPAIN.

MEXICANS ARE CONVINCED THAT THE FAMOUS MUERTA 18 HAUNTED. CLEVERLY GAVE THE ALARM PRACTICE ON DUMMY ANIMAL STRANGE RUMBLINGS HEARD the decaying timbers. Some of the Mexicans remarked while employed In this work that they heard strange rumblings which seemed to come from the interior of the mountain. Borgus laughed away their fears and told them the noises were only the echoes of the sounds from their own picks. When the shaft was cleaned an exploration of the tunnel and chamber was made.

Borgus set the men to work carrying the ore which was in the chamber to the surface Shortly after they started in on this the skeleton of i man was uncovered from the rubbish. This grewsome sight unnerved the superstitious Mexicans and a few minutes later when a sound voice, began to play and sing. She calculated that ten minutes at the most would see her out of her terrible dilemma. She could not leave the room without passing by the screen; all she could do was to appear as if she did not kaow what stood behind her. Her voice got weaker and shakier every minute, though she hoped the ruffiian would wait for the fictitious 4,000 roubles.

But 15, 20, 25 minutes passed and there was no sign of Tielp. She feared the wretch would suspect her. She determined to ring up the police and ask for help in French, trusting to the chance that one of the inspectors might understand her. Again she went to the 'phone; rang up and gave the neces- 8he Then Sat Down and Played the Piano and Sang Until She Could Stand the Strain No Longer. Metadoras at Expert With the Sword as Male Rivals Feminine Toreadors Sometimes Receive Serious Injuries in Ring.

Nervy American Gets Title to Property But Men He Takes with Him Refute to Remain in Spooky Shaft. It is a profession which must be taken up young, while the joints are still supple. All the men who are good at it show what they are made of before they are 20. Lolita began at 16 and her sister principal at 17. At present these women bullfighters content themselves with killing two-year-old bulls, and so far their manager has deemed it imprudent to allow his charges to tackle the bulls of six or seven years.

At the same time, the women perform many feats not attempted by the men. There is, for instance, the business of jumping over the bull's back by means cf a pole, and both "leading ladies" tackle the bull on horseback with a long lance. Senor Totti himself superintends the practice In the empty arena, placing the girls in strategic positions, while the young man with the wheeled Madrid. Women appear to have invaded every known calling of man from steeplejack to deep sea diver, yet it will be news to most to hear that there is a cuadrilla of lady bullfighters in- Barcelona the only troupe of its kind in the peninsula. The writer came upon them rehearsing one afternoon In the great silent bull ring at Barcelona, under the superintendence of their business manager, Senor Tottl.

Totti had undoubtedly struck a gold mine in his cuadrilla de senoritas toreras, or group of woman bullfighters. They have now been at work four or five years and fiave performed not only all over Spain, but also in France and South America. In this as in other matters the work of innovation was difficult. Spain's principal matadors ungallantly sought to drown the lady bullfighters with ridicule, but without success. Even their practice in the empty arena was enough to draw a crowd and Senorita Lolita, the first of the two matadoras, is as skillful a hand with the deadly short sword as any crack espada from San Sebastian to Algeciras.

Lolita was capering about and trying to plunge the regulation sword into a dummy made from a large pair Warsaw, Poland. By the exercise of courage and presence of mind, such as probably few women have possessed, Mme. Stresky, the wife of a Warsaw physician, has just saved herself from murder and robbery under circumstances as thrilling as ever were put Into a novel. Mme. Stresky lives with her husband in a small villa on the outskirts of Warsaw.

One night she was alone in the house, but for an old, deaf cook, who dozed in the basement. Mme. Stresky sat with her needlework upstairs in the drawing-room. Suddenly looking up, she saw, in a mirror, the reflection of a huge, ruffianly looking man, criiching behind a screen which stood at the back of her chair. For a moment fear petrified her, as ehe thought that this man, knowing she was alone, had crept into the house and was awaiting an opportunity to murder her and strip the house of valuables.

Outside the street was as quiet as the grave. Her husband would not be back for hours. To rush from the room and cry madly for help meant hastening death. Then a thought struck her. There was a telephone in the room.

She went to it and quickly rang up a family she knew. The servant answered at the other end. "I want your mistress," she said. After two interminable minutes her friend's voice was to he heard. "My dear Sophy," began the doctor's wife.

"Be so good as to send me round that $1,000 roubles this evening. I must pay it into the bank to-morrow morning. I'm very sleepy and want to go to bed." The friend at the other end of the phone was mystified. They had never had any financial dealing with each other, nor had she heard of the sum in question. But before she could say anything, the doctor's wife began again this time in French: "Some wretch has got into the house I'm alone.

Come at once with a patrol, or the first man you can get hold of!" Then she added, in Polish: 'Send the money as soon as possible. I'll "wait up for It." This done, she sat down at the piano and, with shaking hands and Marfa, Tex. Tom Borgus came in from the Chinati mountains, 60 miles southwest of here, the other day and laid in enough camp supplies to run him and his men several weeks. He is trying to reopen the famous Muerta mine, which is said to be haunted. The mine is the terror of the Mexicans of the upper portion of the Rio Grande border and they cannot be induced to visit the locality where it is situated, much less enter its dark and grewsome shaft.

Borgus is an old mining man. He has prospected all over the west and southwest and in many mining districts of Mexico. ICe was in Chihuahua a few months ago when the story of the Muerta mine was told to him by a Mexican who was down there from Presidio del Norte. Borgus made made up his mind to take hold of the property. He came to Marfa and had no trouble in obtaining title to the mine.

He spent some time tryfng to organize a working force among the Mexicans of this section. Not a man could be found who was willing to go with Borgus to the mine and help him work It. Finally Borgus went over into New Mexico and employed 25 Mexicans to work in the mine. He said nothing to them about the shaft and underground workings being haunted. In less than a week the whole body of laborers were in Marfa again.

They had deserted their work despite the vehement objections of Borgus. When questioned as to the cause of their quitting the job the Mexicans shruged their shoulders and answered "Spirits!" The leader of the gang of Mexicans told a thrilling story of the adventures of the men. He said that the shaft is about 100 feet deep and at its bottom a shaft or tunnel extended to a chamber of considerable size from which It appears a considerable quantity had been removed at some period in the history of the property. This is evident from the fact that a large pile of rich silver ore was found at the far end of the chamber. Soon after their arrival at the mine Borgus set the men to work cleaning out the shaft and straightening up of real bull's horns surmounting a wooden face roughly painted with tar and adorned with two ferocious white eves.

His back was a wooden plank in which was a square hole two inches across, situated just where the most vulnerable point would be in the real animal and where a good matador always tries to strike. This imitation bull was mounted on a kind of gocart and was trundled about rapidly and They Fled from the Grewsome Sight in Terror. which seemed to come from under their very feet was heard and was accompanied by a strong gust of wind that extinguished the lights every man of them dropped his tools and fled in terrror out of the chamber and up the ladder in the shaft to the open air above. Borgus was at the surface and witnessed the exit of the men with no little dismay. He could not Induce them to return to work and despite his entreaties they all left the place and came to Marfa.

The ancient mining records on file in the archives of the state of Coa-hulla, Mexico, at Saltillo, are said to show that the Muerta mine was operated by the Spaniards more than a century ago. It was abandoned on account of the mysterious and weird demonstrations that were said to have occurred in the underground The Burglar Discovered Her Ruse. sary number. But the ruffian behind the screen knew the number, too; pushing down the screen, he rushed forward, knife in hand, upon the defenseless woman. She tried to wrench the weapon from him, but in vain.

He pointed the knife at her and struck. Happily it clashed against a large metal buckle she wore on her belt. With an oath, he raised it again it was within an ace of her heart when the sound of breaking glass arrested the murderer's hand. He looked around a soldier's head appeared in the broken window. Flinging down his knife, he made for the door, only to fall into the arms of another soldier.

The doctor's wife was found on the floor unconscious. The wretch who had all but murdered her was known to the police as one of the most desperate characters in the town, wanted for several crimes. in as realistic a manner as possible by a youth, while Lolita did her best to drive the bullfighting sword straight into the hole. She was wearing skirts during this practice, but when in the arena Lolita and her comrades In arms put on the regulation dress of the male bullfighter. These women toreadors oc casionally meet with serious injury.

The Ferocious Bulls Have No Terrors for These Female Toreadors. dummy runs hither and thither, first at one and then at another. If one of the cuadrilla is Inattentive to the performance the master of ceremonies rebukes her severely. After this practice has gone on for half an hour or so an exhibition of pole jumping is given and this concludes the day's exercise. Next day, it may be, the lady bullfighters give a real exhibition and attract the whole town.

Thousands turn out who would not in the ordinary way attend a bull fight and bets are made as to the ability of the respective matadoras. In nearly all respects the corrida of these women bullfighters is the same as that of the men, and the time-honored state entry, strategic distribution of forces over the arena, entry of the bull and miscellaneous play thereafter are all closely followed. Naturally now and then one of the girls grows timid before an unusually determined charge 'and takes to her heels with a stifled scream. The audience roars with laughter, even though her life may be In serious danger. Truth to tell, however, these young bulls, known as novillos, have little of the true fighting spirit.

The pay of the women is very small as compared with that of the first-rate male bullfighter. Lolita berself seldom receives more than $30 for killing six young bulls, while the rest of the troupe account themselves lucky if they get five dollars for their share of the entertainment. FORMER LOVER RETURNS AND ELOPES WITH BRIDE -SWEETHEART OF GIRL'S YOUTH TURNS UP AND STOPS PROPOSED WEDDING. GRIZZLY RODENT CAUSES PANIC IN A STREET CAR RAT APPEARS IN MIDST OF HOUSEWIVES WHO SEEK SAFETY IN HEIGHT. Lalita's dark face bears a long white scar stretching from mouth to ear.

She was terribly gored at Saragossa last year and nearly lost her life. "It was my fault," she said, "for I let my capa fall just when I needed It most. You may be sure," she told me, "I need all my nerve to deal a good clean blow at the end and my greatest safeguard lies In always keeping as cool as possible." Both Lolita and Angelita, the other matadora, are from Catalonia, and, like most Spanish girls, were enthusiastic followers of bullfighting from earliest childhood. They often sighed that they were not boys and regretted being precluded from taking up the national sport. One of the girls in the cuadrilla comes of a family of toreros.

Her brother is a very expert man in the bullring and the girl herself was early initiated into the dangers of the Indianapolis, lnd. No one knows how It got there, but a shaggy, overgrown veteran rat, with long straggling whiskers and a pleading, wistful face, was a passenger on a street car which left Illinois and Washington streets at five o'clock the other night. Nashville, S. Frank Bachelder, who mysteriously disappeared from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Johnson Bachelder, in Harding county, 12 years ago, and who was long believed to be dead, returned to his old home a few days ago just in time to carry off Miss Katherine Claussen. for him to persuade her to elope with him. Without saying a word to the members of her own family or anybody else of what she Intended to do Miss Claussen packed her wedding gown and other clothing in a trunk and prepared to run away with Bachelder. That night Bachelder called at her home and she told her family she was going with him to the home of a neighbor to make a call. She did not return and her parents became uneasy.

A messenger was sent to the home of the neighbor. He returned and reported that she had not been there. Then her mother went to her room and found a note written by Miss Claussen, in which she said she was going to run away with Bachelder, "the man she had loved and promised to marry when she was young and the man she still loved better than any other in all the world." Bachelder said he ran away from his parents' home 12 years ago because he was restless and wanted to go out and see the world and that he had not written to his folks because he had met with reverses and thought It well to let them think he was dead. Just before his return home he made a snug sum of money in Nevada and it was that bit of good fortune that prompted him to come back. shifting of the bulk above brought a jab under the chin that even the meekest and mildest of rodents would have resented.

The wistful face contracted in fury and the straggling whiskers stuck ont straight a beautiful fringe for the white teeth that snapped at the offending foot. And then, with flashing eye and teeth a-gleam, the stowaway "Iep" into the aisle, for one brief moment struck a tragic attitude and then scurried. Meanwhile the passengers were moved most of them to the top of th seats. "My Gawd," screamed the woman, who had been the shelter house for the rat. "Look-a there." She mounted the seat pointing in terror.

Her skirts were held high. Every one followed her example only there were some who didn't hold their skirts high. These the mon willi rare presence of mind, shouted to the conductor and made ineffectual attempts to boot the pestered animal as it dashed bewildered here and there in search of another friendly petticoat. One bell jangled in the motornian's cage and the car came to a sudden halt for the final scene. Hysterica were rife and every skirt in the car was wildly shaken for the rat had disappeared.

A nice big hole, which loomed like the gates of Paradise to the pursued one, offered advantages too alluring to be resisted and through some rat avenue the hero of many hair breadth 'scapes leisurely disembarked no one knows where and courage and skirts were restored within the car. MAN IS BALD-HEADED; THINKS HE'S BALD EAGLE SITS IN TREETOPS AND SWOOPS DOWN ON PREY RELATIONS SAY HE" IS INSANE. Finding an eagles' nest Bemick tried to capture the young ones, but was attacked by the parent birds. Before he had succeeded in driving them away he was covered with deep wounds indicted by talons and beaks. Evidently a poisonous virus entered his system, for his whole nature is seemingly changed.

He makes unprovoked attacks on nearly every person he meets; he sits for hours in tree tops screaming like an eagle, descending only to make a swoop on a chicken or a rabbit. lis arrest came when lie caught the lamb in a field and, after slaying it, tried in vain to soar into the sky by waving his arms as if they were wings. Jermyn, la. When Dick Bemick was arrested for stealing a lamb he astonished Judge Foley by gravely announcing that he was a bald eagle PIG IS BORN WITH TRUNK. 4 i Sneezes Himself to Death.

Meetoetse, Wyo. Henry Good 11-ler, a sheep herder, begun to sneeze a few days ago and he continued to sneeze almost uninterruptedly until he fell over dead. The bursting of a blood vessel, caused by the violent attack of sneezing, was the Immediate cause of death. Goodmiller had contracted a severe cold which had settled In his head. He sneezed much for several days and the attack which resulted In his death came on a few minutes after ho arose from the breakfast table early in the" morning.

He was power-less to check it and as he was at a ranch house It was Impossible to summon a physician. Ho sneezed constantly for more than half an hour and then he fell over and died. Hen It Living Arsenal. Pottstown, Pa. Eight and three 32-paliber cartridges comprised the armament of a hen that was being prepared for dinner at the home of former Policeman Milton Schlichtcr.

118 Queen street. Fortunately, they were discovered before "Biddy" was put Into the oven, or there would have been a serious explosion. Mr. Schlichtcr purchased the hen from a lower Pottsgrove farmer, and It Is supposed she picked up the cartridges at a rifle range In that locality. Michigan Freak Resembling Elephant Lives Two Hours.

Fowlerville, Mich. One of a litter of pigs born on Walt Pedder's farm recently had a head that was combination of elephant and human. The animal lived but two hours. The pig's body was perfectly formed up to the head. Where the forehead should have been was a trunk about two inches In length.

This hud a hole In it, through which the animal breathed, and bore a striking resemblance to the trunk of an elephant. Directly underneath was a large eye, the only one possessed by the freak. The ears were large and on the elephant order. The lower part of the head strikingly resembled the human face. Michael Ptide has secured the body or the freak uud Is having It mounted.

All the others In the litter were normal. Panic Reigned In the Car. The car was well filled, mostly with West Indianapolis housewives with suppers to prepare for six o'clock husbands. In the confusion and turmoil the big, unoffending rat, without money, ticket or transfer, settled comfortably In a dark corner under a woman's skirt. The conductor gave two bells; the motorman threw on the current and the car, loaded with possibilities, bounded down the rails to the south.

It was not until the car had turned Into South street and was bowling merrily to the west that the venerable and battle scarred stowaway was prodded Into action. Reposing In content beneath the skirts of an ample colored woman he merely whlBked his tall when she readjusted her avoirdupois and Inadvertently dug him one In the short ribs with a massive heel. Sufficient unto the day were the Bklrts thereof, and the rat overlooked the Indignity la return for shelter. Another She Packed Her Trousseau and Fled with Her Old Lover. the sweetheart of his youth, and prevent her marriage to Edward Pritch-ett.

Invitations to Miss Claussen's marriage to Pritchett had been issued by her parents, the young lady's trousseau was ready and all preparations for the celebration of the nuptials had been made. The wedding was to take place at eight o'clock in the evening a few days later at the home of the bride's parents. But on the day before Bachelder appeared on the scene and as a result the nuptials were rot celebrated. After visiting the home of his parents and revealing his identity the young man went to the home of Miss Claussen, convince1! her thut he was her old lover and begged her to Jilt Prltchet and marry nlm. The young womsn was overjoyed to tee hln again and It was not difficult He Drops on His Prey from the Tree-Branches.

and the limib was his lawful prey. Dick Is bald-headed. Beiulck seems to be Insane, and his brother told the court that he had been acting strangely ever since a desperate battle with a bald eagle along the Mississippi bluffs. Kitten Hat Long Ride on Engine. Altoona, Pa.

The pet kitten of the employes of 'the Harrlsburg roundhouse rode to Altoona over the Pennsylvania the other day on the driver brakes cylinder pads of the locomotive hauling the Pittsburg express. It was found when the engine was run Into the Altoona roundhouse, and Inquiry soon -found Its owners. 1 Dog and Pig Are Chums. Bellefonlalne, O. At the homo of Amos Hraden, a little pig that was discarded by Its mother, has taken up with the big shepherd dog on the farm, and it chums around and nestles up to the dog and aecitns perfectly content In his company, and the dog exercises a very friendly sovereignty, over the castoft.

Many people are discontented because they never have a good time, and imagine others do. The fact is, do ono has a very good time..