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Dr. B. J. Kkdall Co. :
iiffiTA I wouM likf to mk. fctvwn t th- who
iirv MtmMt perHiuil t um- Ki-minlf tmin Cur a
the fact that I ttitnk It Uo itKft v --llitt UnutHtit
I liavo usfi itou u HIomI spav.n. Tii hrs w.iit
ihrti for ihrt-t '. wiicii J i.ih iniel
os ytM.r KeoflnU'tt Mpavln Curt. I vil !
tl'ifnthr I'Mi'e Hint Imttf w nrlitit iii.u for tlin-
yvtUTtt itlisvce tui't hn not lH-cn loiii-.
Yuurs truly, W3L A. CCi:l
Gluaxtowv, N. Y., Kiv. '2, v.
LR. It. J. KUNDAIO. C..
Knh'irph FsillA. V.
Vnt9 ! In prai-t f KtunJall S;uv:n t't.'-o I r!ll
a. th.it ynr au o I itul a valithii mu livi ? itt--r:t)i
veryluiit,1iM It nl-iiv-I fcii't wi: t. Ti
ir-fit'n alM.nC trs)( ;u'V- Vt-t-ritnr' Mur
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fit rf a:i'i har in t
fill tlt sssaarm ;ti' r i i
Bir. f it. I con M- r ;.
n vaiuatlo nitiiciuc. .i
UfcJiie in UiV luuU, I.e.
Price SI ixr bottle, or -it t.i tl. I.i i .. Alldrua
Klsts hiive Itorean -t It for j-ou.oi It will l sent
i . uuy uddruns on reei;it uf iri;- :y t'ii' proline
Dlt. II. .1. KKMMI.I. t O.,
Kuo-buruli I'uIN. rrmont.
VjLD by all diii'(;gists.
ortll) vo.ly.
Ank my nirnm for W. I.. Houslna Sbern.
If mt lor anle lu your place nk your
dealer tt Mfinl fur rnlnloiiur. sveure the
niteu-T, ami irft ll em lor you,
'TAKE NO SIIISTITITE. J
WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE CEnT LErVIEN
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONET?
It i a wvfunlt! fchie, wiiJi un tarki or wax thread
to hurt the fort; made of the 1-Ht lino culf, stylUh
atvi easy, and bvcane W4i make more shorn of thin
ijrtnle than tiny fth r manv:ivtirert It e;ualb fxand
wc'i sri' otctinist trm Hl.'O to $.Vi).
C C 0(M-nii ine llaiiUcYl, tho finest ralf
pmJm Hht ever orTrvl tor ; Mjuulfl Kreuch
iiiip'rtfl liofn whli'h ct fnnti '.''t'j
C ja OO ilnuil-Smril W rit ho, lluo calf.
Ktyh.th, comfort. anl lurabl. The Ixt
shoe ever ofTr,l at llils prlt-e ; num e ratio as cua-tni-ma'lo
shirs costing from to ftt.m.
r; 5(1 lolirr hoe i Tanner!, Knllmml ?Ien
OOt anil J.fctttT larrhrHull wcur thorn; flnot-nlf,
rV'umis-, biiuHtth tiiHhle. heavy threu w1oa, exten
r.fon eUK. One pair will wear a rear.
C O tO fliit enlf; no Iwtter hoe ever iffrred at
alD Aa this price; one trial will convince tuoo
who want a shoe for coin fort anil iwrvloe.
QO "5 "lid Vorliln3mnnn hoe
H9 sVa are very niiutii( anil ilurMol. Thn who
ht w k1t-" tht'in a trial will wear no other make.
E2w-.VCt' -i"0 mid ? 1.7-1 m-hMl nhoe are
S woru hy the tnty evry wher; they soil
on their morltn, the lucn-aNtiin: Knlen nhow.
I oHSoc aU( i!iniil-rwri shoe, best
ImcJCI ICD Ixtnuola. very nty Unit; cUli. Kreuch
iiiiHrtl shevs rorttl:iif f n mi $4.t t fi.ji.
LiulifH huiI A 1. 75 shoe for
31 ! art the heat tine lont;ola. My li!ii and durable.
( uulton.-bcH that W. L.. LmukIa unm and
price uxo aiauHx ou the bottom of nu b tthoB.
W. L. UoLULAS, llrocktoD, XIaas.
C. T. ROBERTS,
Ageul, Elii-urK ' )uin. 5aa
ftiMMI.MI rear t h tti(r mn1 by Jt hn R.
ComIm in, I r. ,. . V.st wi k tt.r usj. Kulr,
ti ani mk tttut-h, but t ran
tM-h yuiuth)y hw luram from U
1U tlsir at Hi irart, wd aiura xt p-a
rn. Both , all . In ny part ut
Imvrica, yv ran cui mr at hai, ftr.
Hid all four tnir,ir i ati-'inrnta rtniy t
tit wuit. All i n. l.rral ay tilltk'lVc
trv wufkrr. Wr irt u, fVirniahhir
-r-mlnnr. KAhll.VM KKMI l NMrtit.
l'Alill' I LAI4- UlrK. A.I.!r.MI( onr.
iC)13ER,J, EVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
AWI MANUFACTUKEK OF
and dealer In all kinds ol FVKNITUKE,
r-A full Una el Cakeu always on band.-fc
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN KECIUI KED.
Apt U tl
NOT DEAD YET!
VALLIE LUTTRINCER,
MAartTFAOTURUK OP
TIN, COPPER AND SHEEMROX WARE
AND TIN UOOFIXG,
Kesiectlully Invites the attention ot bis Irtendf
and the pub) le In general to the fact that he Is still
carrying on business at the old stand opposite the
Mountain House, Etensburc. and is prepared to
supply from a la rice stock, or mana factoring to or
der, any article In his line, from the smallest to
the largest, in the best manner and at the lowest
living prloes.
rNo penitentiary work either made r sold
at this establishment.
TIN ROOF1NO a SPKCIAL.TY.
(lire me a eall and satisfy yonrnelres as to my
work and prices V. I.UTTKiNCJEt.
t-Knsburg, April 18. 1883-tl.
I'HE KKEEMAN Ii the largest paper In North
L Cambria. Don't iorget It.
IMITATIONS.
CRADLt SONG.
In th irarden ot Urraiuland a flower evtr
(rrows.
In form like a lily, tn hue like a rose,
'Withodtir like jv.auilnr KprUiklol with dew.
And It buurgvons and L1o.houi. my darlii, for
rou.
Then travel, my baby, to Dreamland.
Slowly rock. -rall, to curry the ba,by;
Steadily, readily rock, un.l it may lie.
Ere Klie ahail know 1U the baby will go.
Happily amllinK, to Ureatuland.
In the pardon of Dreamland In summer la
heunl.
Trilling there In the moonlight, a bfauiifu!
bird;
And it atnera, and It sings all the pleasant night
through.
And Its mnnic, my darling, in only for yon.
i Then travel, my b.iby, to Ir.,aulaml.
Slowly rock. era. lie. to curry the baby,
Sta4lily, r'ulily nrk. ami it may Iv-,
Ere ."he M:a.'.l know It, ti.o 1-uby m ill g
Hu; j lly s:nilir.t;, to Dreamland.
Timirrow my darling, refreshed by her reit,
Willi t'.ie bird In her hand, and tho Uower on
h.T breast.
Shall n turu to her mother, and frolic and
Crr.w.
Uut to-nIn'ht on her Journey to Dreamland must
g"L
Then travel, d-ar baby, to Dreamland.
SUv.vly rix k. rriulle, to carry the baby,
Steaili .j, readily roek. and it niay be.
Ere she ahull know It, the baby will go.
Happily .n:ilir.h, to Dn-amland.
Thomas Dunn E'.iKli.ti, In Yojilh C.mpaOr
lun.
CUKIOITS VETS.
From Ferocious Leopards Down
to the Cunning 'Coon.
A Wolf That iurlel the Poultry Yard
DiuucKt.ettteil fiiyott!., I'oifR, Hear.
JLarrooii, livetalin, am! Kvery
specie of Monkey.
The Russian humorist Pn.shkln t-lls
a pretty stiry alxmt a willow who hal
Kurvivt-il fonr husliands, and was ffoinp;
to ratify the preliminaries of a fifth al
liance with a t rim Tartar.
"Do you know that your admirer
earries six pistols and n bandit's knife?"
inquired an anxious friend.
"Yes, I have seen them," said the
woman, calmly, br.t, judtrin"; from ex
perience, I do not believe that there is
any such thinjj as an untamable
creature."
Zoological experts incline to a similar
opinion. The most perfect emliodiment
of reckless fury is a trap-cautrht leopard
during his first week's experience of
prison life. He will rush to and fro
with a persistency worthy of Wtter
success; his eye tlare defiance at. every
visitor; every now and then ho will at
tack the iron bars of his cafe with ab
solute disregard of consequences, or roll
about the floor, bitinjf his own paws in
his frenzy of d.'spair. Yet in Hindu
stan, a near relative of that four-footed
demon, the cheetah, or hunting leopard,
harJ liecn so perfectly domesticated that
he can lie trusted to run at larre and
r.-turn from a nipht expedition to share
the proceeds of his enterprise with his
trainer.
Wolves terrorized our pastoral fore
fathers in a way that has m.-d. the
name of the) ami tupu a synonym of
fierce hostility, yet that adversary of
stock-raising mankind is more than
probably the ancestor of the faithful
shepherd dop;. On a stock farm near
Zacatecas, in northern Mexico, I taw a
tame wolf that seemed to get along- on
the best terms with his canine relatives,
and in the morning was always on
hand to greet his master with romps
and caresses, and if kicked away would
crinpe in a manner suppestintf the dep
recatory maneuvers of a fawninjf span
iel, lie could not W 'trained to find his
way home from an extensive hunting
trip, but was often left to puarj the
farm-yard ultry, and, to the best of
his owner's knowledge, had never be
trayed his trust.
The Artec peasants of Heman Cortcz
time used to domesticate the coyote, or
jackal-like prairie wolf; and in the up
land districts of southern I'oland tame
sjiecimens of the common frray wolf
could be seen in almost every larger
vill:ire, till the frequency of hydropho
bia panics induced the authorities to
discourage the popularity of the per
ilous pets, w hose conduct, from a moral
point of view, seems to have been un
exceptionable. Foxes, too, can be trained to restrain
their predatory instincts; and a Ten
nessee neijjhlior of mine raised a litter
of fox-whelps with his puppies, and in
duced them to stay about the liou.se by
treating them to an occasional dish
of their favorite delicacy fresh milk
sweetened with sorghum treacle. Young
bears can dispense with such premiums.
After a few weeks petting they will
stick to a farmhouse with the tenacity
of loyalist olliceholders, and never leave
the premises after dark. A half-grown
specimen on a JJeorgia highland farm
would now and then take a stroll in
hucklelierry time and stray a few hun
dred yards leyond the clearing of his
protector, but any unusual noise, a
shout or the distant report of firearms
was sufficient to send him back racing
to the shelter of the old homestead.
Like a cat, he seemed indeed to con
centrate his affection upon the dwelling-house,
rather than on its propri
etors, and could never be coaxed to fol
low the family more than half a mile
from headquarters, unless they con
trive to counteract his homesickness
hy liberal slices of pumpkin pie.
Itruin's little cousin, the plantigrade
raccoon, is far more capable of person
al attachments. His propensity for
gadding is hard to control, but even out
in the woods he will emerge from his
hiding-place at the call of his master,
and trot home with him like a dutiful
dog. At the approach of a stranger,
"coony" oftan bristles up with every
symptom of hostile intent, as if trying
to do his best in the way of seconding
the functions of the mastiff.
The pet monkeys of the East Indian
country towns manifest a similar dis
position in an even more demonstra
tive fashion. Ten or twelve of them
will congregate on the roof of a Hindu
farmhouse, waiting for lunch or util
izing the palm-leaf thatch for a rain
shelter, but, on the whole, pay for
their board and lodging by making a
watch-dog wholly superfluous. At the
first glimpse of a suspicious biped they
will give the alarm by a chorus of
coughing barks, and often actually at
tack an intruder with all the pluck of
a resolute bull-terrier. Their personal
safety remains a secondary considera
tion in emergencies of undoubted risk.
The proprietor of the Agra, ''I'lanter's
hotel, boasts the friendship of a tame
leopard that shares the comforts.of his
hammock and trots after its master
for hours together; but one day exceed- -ed
its privilege by following him to
tin; frcight-deiKit of the railway bta-
tion. The shady platform at the north
end of that depot is a favorite resort
for balloons and loafers; and while the
colonel was talking to the receiving
clerk his leopard strolled out to the
platform, where a little street-Arab had
fallen asleep upon a pile of gunny
bags. The moment he approached that
pile u troop of rhesus-monkeys leared
from the roof, and. instantly surround
ing the ly, faced the intruder with
bristling manes and menacing growls,
evidently determined to defend their
little relative at the peril of their own
lives. The Hindus, indeed, reciprocate
such demonstrations of good-wilL Ac
cording to the precepts of the popular
creed three, at least, of the twenty or
thirty difTcrcnt species of monkeys
have to lie honored as the special fa
vorites of llrahma and enjoy all the
privileges of meniiiertr.t friars.
"..;-. iShurr ("Mercy! Mercy") is
a frequent cry in the streets of 1 tenures
when a Kvropean domestic rushes out
of a house in hot pursuit of a long
tailed saint. "Mercy! Mercy, Sahib!
We will make restitution:" if it ap
pears that the sacred four-hander has
got away with something. "Hold!
Spare him for the sake of Mahadco!
For Saki-yiim-Ileva's sake!" and so ou,
till the luiig-lcgged marauder is safe
around-tho corner.
In ancient Egypt the doirfaced
halioon aj-pears to have enjoyed u t! -
lar veneration, for reasons more un
knowable than the rufi.omr of croeo
dile worship. The ugly sanrians were
at least useful scavengers, and the
mousing propensity of the domestic cat
might explain its sanctity in a land of
huge granaries; but the hideous ap
pearance of the Hamadryas balioon is
unredeemed I13- a single discoverable
merit, and the only plansible theory is
the conjecture that the homage paid to
his ancestors must have lieen a sort of
devil worship. His peer in ugliness,
the sacred Hanuman ape of southern
India, combines the appetite of an
Arkansas book agent with the morals
of a Mormon elder; yet that remark
able pet not only arrogates the freedom
of every Hindu township, but enjoys
the protection of numerous saint
wardens, who feed his squealing
youngsters and intrust decrepit speci
mens to the care of special charity
hospitals. Dr. Felix L. Oswald, in
X. Y. Ledger.
FACTS FOR VENTRILOQUISTS.
A Few Suggestion for Thaw Desirous of
Acquiring the. Art.
Hero arc a few practical hints as to
the modes of procedure to lie followed
by would be ventriloquists, although
half a dozen lessons from a good pro-
1 fessional would do infinitely more for
them than all tne books that have been
written upon the subject, and which,
by the way, are usually a mass of the
oretical phraseology.
I to fore any attempt is made with the
voice, the student must lie prepared to
devote some time and attention to the
breath, which he must get entirely
under control, so as to lie able to hold it
for a considerable time without strain
ing. This, of course, must be a gradual
process.
Uefore commencing to- practice, a
strong inspiration should lie taken, as
the lungs require to lie furnished with
a plentiful supply of air, which has to
be well controlled and allowed to es
cape gradually. lie must endeavor to
breathe through bis nose and keep his
mouth shut- This is a hint which it
would lie as well for every one to ro
member, and so save a great deal of
cold catching and illness.
The learner must study at all times
to imitate sounds, not as they are
heard at their source, but as they fall
upon the car after traveling from a
distance. That is the golden rule of
ventriloquism, and if it is continually
kept in mind success is certain. As
conjurers endeavor to deceive the eye,
so ventriloquists endeavor to deceive
the ear.
The "distant voice" originates at that
spot in the throat where the 'cluck'
takes place when drinking, so, without
any facial contortions or movement of
the lips, the words must be forced
against the back part of the palate one
by one, w ith a series of short, quick
breaths, at the same time strengthening
the sounds by using the muscles of tho
stomach, which will give them increased
power, so that they will reach the
audience clear and distinct. The farther
off the sound is supposed to lie, the
smaller the quantity of breath must be
expired.
The great fault with beginners is
straining after effect. No sooner do
they make a little headway and begin
to feel their feet than they want to
run, a proceeding which will bring
their endeavors to a dismal failure
Chicago Journal.
FIGHTING SEAMEN.
Itowa Detween Ameri ran and BritUb
Men of War'e Men.
"It is a curious thing, and one which
I could never satis f actorily account for,"
said an old navy man the other day to a
New York Times writer, "but if the
crews of an American and Ilritish man
of war are given leave at the same time
in a foreign port the result of broken
heads and nses is no more a matter of
speculation than the calculation of the
next eclipse. As soon as they meet a
row is started, which generally ends
with all hands being disabled or ar
rested, and sometimes both. It frequent
ly happens that the police interfere
with the contestants. The unwritten
law in this case is for the belligerents
to join forces against the common
enemy. I have often seen them come
out victorious in their contests with the
officers of the law, and, after adjourn
ing to a neighboring saloon for refresh
ments, begin again their interrupted
hostilities. But it is only on neutral
ground that these general engagements
take place. If they meet on English or
American soil each tries to outvie the
other in hospitality."
Negroe Not Spiteful.
An official at Albany, Ga., who has
had much experience with criminals,
both black and white, says that to lock
a negro up establishes a feeling of kind
ness and friendship, in his breast for the
officer that arrest, him that makes him
ever afterward the officer's friend- As
a rule there is less of the spirit of vin
dictiveness and spite in tlie negro's
composition than in any other race. If
you arrest a white man, he will, how
ever fair-minded lie may be, entertain
a spiteful feeling against you, but a
negro lie comes more respectful and po
ll to than ever.
WIILMS OF LOCOMOTIVES.
An Engineer Tells of Their Many
Strange Actions.
They Itwnms I e ranged and Manlaeal,
Saner front Nervoaa I'rot rt ion, mml
Ars Generally Like Human IW
loss Oue That Had tbe lirip.
"Locomotives become deranged ami
maniacal, like human . beings," said
John Ilowcher. the oldest express en
gineer on the llig Four. IJowcher has
the superstitions common to nearly all
men in his business.
"I assure you," Ilowcher continued,
"tliat locomotives require regular rest,
constant attention, even nursing when
they don't feel right. An engine will
take spells when nothing yon can tlo
will make it act properly. Then the
shop is the only place for it, and there
my machine has got to go, or 1 quit the
service of the road."
"Do certain engines get bad charac
ters develop some unexpected taint in
the blood, so to speak, after being in
use for awhile?" was aski-d by a re
porter who met Mr. Ilowcher at a re
union of locomotive engineers.
"They certainly do grow unmanage
able sometimes. Generally this is
from overwork. Engines are like a
thoroughbred horse in that particular
respect- They will get 'oft their feed'
by which I mean that they will not
pump up right, the furnace will clog
and the efficiency of the fuel will not
lie obtained. They suffer from a lack
of energy. You are liable to stall on
an upgrade. They will act badly on
the curves, manifesting a decided in
clination to mount the rails or to take
sudden starts that will endanger the
couplings.
"Old No. rt that 1 used to make tho
I best time with when she was Tight,'
had an annoying habit of starting witl
an awful jerk. It didn't matter how
carefully I opened the throttle, how
thoroughly I understood the condition
of the steam, away wo jumped every
time. It seemed as if the steam gath
ered itself somewhere and, after it
got ready, let itself go. The old mon
ster has been broken up, and I am
glad of it. She was the last of the
'seven-footers. The number of seven
foot drive-wheels now in use are very
few. I do not personally know of any.
"Six feet seems to lie alniut right.
Hut, recurring to the temper of the lo
comotives they are affected by the
weather, which is readily understood,
but a dull, heavy sky or a dense at
mosphere has a like effect. This I can
not explain in any way whatever. Why,
Mart Smith, who was a strict church
man, couldn't do anything with one of
his engines during Lent- After Easter
day the disinclination to make time di:i
appeared. She would 'hustle' whenever
called upon. Sounds very absurd,
doesn't it? Uut it's true. The grip
is the only distemper to which I can
liken a locomotive such as Marts was. j
When a machine gets so. I tell you. she
1 must have treatment the best scien
tific overhauling. She needs a masseur
needs galvanism.
"When once a locomotive has lost
force of character or self-respect, does
she ever regain it?" was asked.
"Generally not," said Ilowcher, med
itatively. "I know a recent case in
which an engine recovered from a
stroke of this paralysis and became, as
she is to-day. the liest on the road.
When engine No. 71, on the Ixuisville,
New Albany A Chicago road, came out
of the shop brand new, a little more
than a year ago, she was successively
put in the hanls of a half dozen of the
liest engineers on the road to make the
run from Lafayette to New Albany.
"After a fair trial every man, with
out exception, pronounced No. 71 an
utterly worthless piece of machinery.
The general superintendent heard of
the engine and ordered her condemned,
but the master mechanic blurted out to
him:
"She doesn't like the run. It's a
mighty mean run, and she knows it as
well as you do.
"You we the master mechanic
wanted the locomotive to have another
chance. Well, she got it, and I tell
you it was to have been her last one.
She'd have been sold for scrap iron or
run off the track into a forest and con
verted into the motive power for a saw
mill. No. 71 was sent up to Indian
apolis and put on the run to Monon. I
went to the round house and looked
her over, for I'd heard of her and am
very curious. I was asked what 1
thought was the matter. I spent an
hour over her and everything appeared
to le right. I took an off day and tan
down fifty miles on her.
'She made great time. To-day she
is the fastest on the road and the most
reliable. She can pull a vestibule
train of five cars a mile a minute.
Now she's the pet, the 'banner engine
cf the road. A month ago she was in
a fair way to be turned out to die, but
now nothing is too rich for her blood.
She has the lest engineer and fireman
and the best atteution in the shop."
"You speak of the need of rest, Mr.
Uowcher. Must it be regular? I mean
at regular times?
"Most assuredly," was the prompt
reply. "A locomotive must lie allowed
to recover her resilience. That's the
word, you have it spelled correctly
only one L Remember a locomotive
that pulls out its breath in the round
house (where it has been in a state of
quiet and rest), backs up to a big train,
and, at the sound of the conductor's
bell, rushes off on a hundred-mile run,
at fifty or sixty miles an hour, is under
a heavy nervous strain. Don't smile. I
mean exactly what I say.
"Every atom in the molecular struc
ure of the steel and iron composing it
is at the highest tension. The engine
literally is out to do or die! To fail in
making the run on schedule time once
or twice arouses suspicion. The
moment an engine is ranked as un
trustworthy her decadence has liegun.
Unless she has a friend at court, as No.
71 bad, her doom is fixed. -
"This brings me to another point.
Some engineers have a way of punish
ing engines that are refractory. Yes,
indeed. They can abuse a locomotive
worse than the most brutal driver
can maltreat his horse. How?
Twenty ways. For instance, they
can give the engine less coal while ex
acting the same speed, less oil on the
bearing by pulling the throttle wide
open on the slightest pretext. Of
course such men are always in trouble.
"They burst a cylinder head by leav
ing the water-cocks closed to spite the
engine, or Uiey allow the bearings to
heat, swell and jam. The clement or
danger is largely increased when such
a man is in the call. Anything is liable
to happvu if he has a cranky engine
that can get just as stubborn as her
master. I often am impressed with the
idea that some engines are mortal.
Speaking of mortals, did yuu ever hear
of a haunted engine?"'
No. Are there such lieliefs among
engineers?"
"Exactly the same superstitions that
sailors have about ships. Take the case
of the Matt Morgan, liclonging to the
Shore line and running from New Ha
ven to Boston by way of l'rovidence. I
never have seen the beast but I'd go to
New Haven to see her. She liegan her
career with a homicide. Ten years ago
she blew up while standing in the track
near the station in Providence, killing
her engineer. She was promptly rebuilt
and sent back to service. On the first
trip that she made after being rebuilt
she went tearing into 1 Yovidcnce in the
night with the train swinging behind
and the sleeping town echoing to the
shrill whistle.
On approaching the station the engi
neer leaned forward to shut off the
steam, but to his horror a ghostly form
appeared at his side and a ghostly hand i
grasped his wrist and held him fast I
When the station was reached the ghost !
Usappeared and the engineer stopjH"d j
the train some distance lieyoiuL At
least, this is what the engineer tells.
He says the same thing still happens at
intervals."
"I have heard that most engineers
have a superstition regarding a certain
switch somewhere on their run. What
do you know about that?" was ' he next
inquiry.
"It is true of nearly every express
engineer I know. Yes, among the liest
of them. Did you ever hear of dear old
John I', run ton, of the Cleveland, Colum
bus) & Indianapolis? He matte the same
run I'm now doing for over fifteen
years. He was a thoroughly religious
man. respected by every liody. He was
as. brave as a lion, but whenever he ap
proached the switclu two miles east of
Silver Lake, he'd get right down on his
knees and pray for the safety of the
train the human lives committed to
his care,
"The switch was at the head of a
very long and heavy 'fill, and to run
off the embankment thirty or forty feet
high meant death to nearly everybody.
I don't think he ever prayed personally
for himself, but he certainly felt the
awful responsibility for the hundreds
of travelers behind him. Strange as it
may seem, 1 never heard even an oiler
in the shops, much less any of the
many firemen who had been in the cab
with John, refer slightingly to his
prayers."
'What other curious facts have you
observed about engines?"
"1 am almost afraid to tell yon this;
but in my forty years experience I
have detected, on several occasions,
evidences of something like nervous
prtistration in a locomotive after a pro
longed responsibility has been put
upon it such as hauling the paymas
ter, or the president of the United
States, or a bridal party, in which the
bride was the daughter of the owner of
the road. Why, the story is still told in
Chicago about the famous George Catcs,
one of the most fearless men who ever
sat in a cab.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt liked to
travel fast, and when he went out on a
special train the track -was kept clear,
and the engineer knew that the quicker
he got over the ground the better his
chief would lie pleased. Cates was
brought east to take the train from
Cleveland to Chicago. He knew every
inch of the road, and got through to
Toledo in great shape. Another engine
had been ordered to be ready, but by
some misunderstanding the right one
was not fired up. The one he was
offered was a machine that Cates was
afraid of.
"Or it may have lieen that a freight
engine was offered through the blun
der of the roundhouse men. Whatever
the reason was Cates refused to take the
new engine, and decided to run his
own through to Chicago. He knew the
risk and took the precaution to get the
division superintendent to order the
liest locomotive in the shops fired and
to follow the special train as a relief.
The trouble came at a little village
aliout forty miles from Toledo. Sud
denly the engine quit working The
train came to a stop.
George sprang out of the cab,
looked the engine over and through,
nothing appeared to be wrong; he
couldn't get her to start. lie told me
she trembled like a horse that had Wen
overridden. How properly an engine
is called the iron horse. When the re
lief engine arrived the Osceola was
pulled on a siding, and the new engine
took the train into Chicago. Now, I
understotKl this utter collapse. A full
week's rest was necessary to restore
the engine." N. Y. World.
A (omI Sliot.
Gen. Founder was an a post 1-of the
unique in dueling. The mayor of I'eri
gueux was his bitter enemy, but as they
1 ! : l -i .i:ir a. . . ,
raiivni in v meiy iiiuerviiv social circles 1
the general found some difficulty in I
picking a quarrel. His opportunity
came one day as he was showing off lie
fore some ladies his expert ness with the
pistol. The mayor passed, with a rose
in his mouth. It was a considerable
distance from the general's lialeony to
the mayor (in the other side of the
street, but the old fighter knew his
skill, ".lust notice, ladies," lie said,
"how I pick the mayor's rose." He
raised his pistol. The women shrieked
that he should desist, but too late. The
" hammer fell, and the rose and the
mayor dropped the latter, however,
only from fright. The general's e Xpert -ness
defeated his purjse. The sure
ness of his aim terrified the mayor out
of sending the desired challenge.
Great I'lare Tor tapers.
The little republic of Uniguay has
more newspapers in proportion to its
people than any country on the globe.
The city of Montevideo, its capital, has
more daily newspapers than London
nearly twice as many ami three times
as many as the city of New York. In
Buenos Ayres there are fourteen or
fifteen daily papers, a large number of
weeklies and several monthly period
icals of high literary character and
large circulation. There is scarcely a
town of any siza in Brazil, Chili or the
Argentine Republic without its daily
paper, -and the same may be said of
Central America and the countries
along the Spanish main. Inter Ocean.
KISSING GOOD-BY.
A kiss be took end a bac kward look.
And her heart crew suddenly lighter,
A tri:ie you nay. to colur a day.
Yet the dull eray morn aeuiaed bnpliter.
For hearts are purh that a teuikr touch
May banish a lcok ot sadness;
A imall. Blight tbicR can make u iinpr,
But a Irom n will check our giadnett
The cheeriest ray along our way
Is ibo little act ol kindness. "
And thu keenest nl'.u-; soma cnxelen. t'llrff
That was d.me in a moment of l-iiri'liie-i..
We cat? bravely face hie in a Uotue where btrife-
No b--eVH M can d.sevcr.
And be lovers hJi.1 if we miy will.
Though youth's bright uays are over.
Ah. sharp as words cut the unkind words
That an- far lieyou.l r-mAii::'..
When a face lies hi 1 'neath a coffin-lid.
Anl bitter t'-ars are fuliin?,
We fain w.-iuld five half the lives we live
To undo our id;o scorniu;
Then let us tiot miss the fcmile and kiss
When e 1 art In t'.clvht f iiiormni?.
Lillian l'luiikett, in San Francisco Call.
31 ANY TJIIALS.
Thoso of a Railway Ticket Agent
Are Especially Hard.
It has lx'en th custom ever f inco the
invention of railways to inveigh
against the officials who conduct the
running of trains.
It is a. privilege granted the traveling
public, by their American birth and
the constitution. Free speech, whether
it lie just or not.
Conductors, baggage masters, freight
agents, ticket sellers, all come in for
their share of condemnation.
Every individual win! patronizes a
railway line has some particular griev
ance. He is not treated courteously by
somelxNly. Some one of the officials
is hoggish," or "snappish." or
"short," or something equally as bad.
We are not prepared to say that be
cause a man is a railway officer he is
free from the faults In-stowed upon the
rest of mankind not hy any means;
but we do feel like saying a few words
for the much abused class of ticket
masters and railway conductors.
Did ever anylxxly who finds fault
with a ticket seller stop to consider
what it is to stand twelve hours out of
twenty-four in the little cell where
tickets are dispensed, and answer ques
tions at the rate of a dozen a minute
questions so silly and irrelevant that
we fear the reader who scans this arti
cle will think we exaggerate, which
we certainly do not; for in our some
what extensive traveling experience
we have heard all these inquiries made,
and a host of others equally as incon
sistent Early in the rooming Mr. Smith, the
ticket seller on the B. ; .1. railroad,
takes his station behind the little win
dows of the office. Very likely his head
aches, and he feels out of sorts general
ly, for he was disturlied last night by
his colicky baby, and his wife got up
cross to breakfast and told him to
"shut up" when he ventured to suggest
thiit his riecfstcak resembled tho sole
ff an ancient lioot fried in saji grease.
Smith comes to the office devoutly
wishing that babies, and cross wives,
and colic had never lioon invented, and
takes his place with his patience at a
low ebb.
Oldish lady, laden down with bundles
and Imskets, enters.
"Say, mister, is this where they sell
tickets to go onto the railroad?'
"Yes madam."
"Got any tickets for Mowbray'
Crossing? Ain't it Mowbray's, or is il
Zebray's? There's a bray to it, anj--how!
And it's where Cousin Tom
nodgkins lives. You know Tom, 1
s'nose?'
"Can't say I h ma'am.
"Do toll! Why, I thought every
body knowed Tom. Ho mends ker
ridges ami things. Heern tell of him,
ain't ye?"
"No. ma'am."
"Law! Now, that's euros. I shouldn't
have thought it!"
"Do you v. ish a ticket?"
"Wall, I dtmno! P'raps I'd better.
Less s-c: how fur is it?"
'To where?"
"To where Tom lives."
How the deuce should I know?"
"Why, hain't 1 jest told ye? And you
needn't git mad and swear about it,
either. Hain't you paid for slaj-ing
here and answering questions?"
"Yes civil ones"
"Wall, this is a civil one. What's
the fare?"
"Where to?"
"To where Cousin Tom lives' ,
"What place?"
"Why, Mowbray's Crossing.
"Fifty cents."
"Fifty cents! Land of the living! Fifty
cents to go there! Can't j-ou take thirty
five?" "We make no reductions."
"Oh, you don't? Well, you needn't lie
so snappish alxiut it. I'll give j-ou forty
cents."
"I said we made no reductions" with
emphasis.
"Law's sake! Well, j-ou needn't take
my head off."
And gruniblingly she produces the
money, and gives way to the next
comer, only to find that the train for
Mowbray's has lieen gone five minutes
for which she gives the ticket seller a
thorongh "going over" in that he al
lowed that train to leave lie fore she got
her ticket.
And after she had "freed her mind"
6he retires sullenly to a corner of the
depot, where, surrounded by her varied
and numerous bags and bundles she re
signs herself to wait four hours for the
next train to Mowbray's
And it will le a story to tell her
grandchildren, and all her acquaint
ances how that impudent ticket seller
"sassed her," and made her miss the
train.
A tall man in spectacles comes in, all
forgetful of the fact that this is the
ladies' room.
There is a time-table of the trains
right before his eyes by the side of the
office window, but he doesn't see it.
Oh, no. He is an independent man,
and he knows that men are hired to
stay in ticket offices to answer ques
tions and he is not going to put himself
out to hunt over a time-table. No, sir!
"Say! here, you! what time does
the train leave?"
"Where for?"
Groton. of course through train.
"Ten o'clock."
"Ten o'clock!" with an accent of in
credulity. "Are you sure? 1 was tcld
it was UMO.V
"Ten o'c'ick. sir."
"W hat. the train for Orolon?"
"Yes, sir."
Does it ruu right through."
"It docs."
Without change of carv?"
"Without change."
"I'ulaco cars?"
"Yes sir."
Here a voice from the other room
and at the gentlemen's window bursts
in impatiently, not to sa3 angrily:
"Say here! you fellow! Why don't
you attend to business? How long does
any lx dy have to wait to get a ticket for
Ulooi'.jvillo? I'll report j'ou to the su
perintendent if things ain't managed
differently."
When the passenger for IJloo:nville
and a half dozen others on that side are
attended to the spcctaeled man who has
lieen wailing with visible impatience
returns to the charge.
"Say! here, you! are you sure that
the next train goes to Groton?"
"The ten o'clock train goes there."
"Ain't that the next one?"
"No, there are three In-fore that."
'Oh, there is! and the ten o'clock
train goes right through?"
'Yes sir. Have a ticket?"
"Well, no, I guess not, I hain't a
going till to-morrow, and I've got a
ticket over the other road, but I
thought I'd just step in and inquire
about this route, iiist to pass away the
time. Hadn't anything else in particu
lar on hand."
Uut the ticket master mustn't swear
or say anything emphatic; if lie should
he would bo reported to the i-ompany.
Enter stout and iuipoi tmit male jier
soiiage with a hat-box and umbrella.
"Look here, mister! whore's my
trunk?''
"How tbe dickens should I know?"
demanded Mr. Smith, lieginning to feel
riled.
"None of 3'our impertinence to me, if
you please. I'll have that trunk or I'll
sue the company. It was checked at
ChrVago three weeks ago. I want to
know where it is. That's what I w ant
to know."
"Apply to the baggage master. I
have nothing to do with trunks"
"Oli, you hain't! Wall, can't you an
swer a civil question? I'll report you
In-fore the sun goes down," and off lie
goes in high dudgeon.
Another customer takes the place va
cated ln-fore the little window.
Do you calculate that the clock in
this room is right?"
"Yes sir."
Oh, you do! Wall, I don't see how
that can In-, for it's five minutes slower
than my watch, and that is to the dot
with the I'awdunk steam whistle."
"We don't run trains by the I'aw
dunk steam whistle," snaps the ticket
seller, and turns to another customer,
perhaps equally as annoying.
Conductors are subject to the same
class of inquiries. Timid female pas
sengers are anxious alsiut the bridges
and wonoer if thej Inuler is likely vo
burst, and want to know if the con
ductor is sure that the engineer isn't
drunk and liable to run 'em off the
track.
Thinking over the trials to which
these men are subject, we onl3' wonder
that there are so many ticket sellers
and conductors who manage to keep
their temper, and who are polite and
courteous under all circumstances.
i--arn, in N. Y. Weekly.
PRISON WITHOUT TERRORS. '
How a Tiller. Though Caught, Made a
1'rolit -anil the Hej uel of It.
"Alxmt the most desjn-ratc thing I
ever heard of in the way of money
raising came to my professional notice
some years ago," sai l a detective.
"Complaint was made a, the office
that a diai.iond stud, valued at over a
thousand dollars, had bet n stolen from
a certain uptown house. 1 was detailed
on the case and after u few hours I
found the stone, which had Wen pawned
for eight hundred dollars.
"When stolon property is found at a
pawnbroker's the amount advanced on
it is returned to him, either by the
owner or the thief, if his resources will
allow of such a thing. The law pro
tects the broker, and it is proper that
it should, but the capture and convic
tion of the thief is a necessary factor
in Fuch cases.
"This time no trace of the burglar
could lc found.
"The owners proved property and the
brilliant was returned to them. It
represented at this stage a clear gain
for the rascal and a dead loss for the
pawnbroker.
"It was not long ln-fore we had our
man, though, and then there wan
prompt conviction." a sentence of one
year in the Elrnira reformatory and a
vain search for the owners of the prop
erty. "The matter dropin-d from my mind
in the rush of other business, until one
day I learned tho secret of the whole
operation. The theft had ln-en the
deed of the son of the Tobln-d' family.
They were sorely in need of money,
and had resorted to this way of getting
it. When called ou to reimburse the
luckless pawnbroker they were appar
ently penniless. The thief had then
gone free, and all the parties inter
ested hail dropped from sight-
"That fellow was paid, or rather paid
himself at the rate of three dollars per
day during his stay in Elmira," N. Y.
Herald.
ABOUT IMAGINATION.
rrartiral and Opportune Settlement of m
Very Al.true Ouestion.
Sitting in a oaf; last evening I heard
two men discussing tho philosophy of
imagination, says a writer in the New
York Continent. Each was nn iinag1
inary master of his own jn-culiar theory.
"I tell you." said one, a venerable-looking
gentleman with refined utid intelli
gent features "imagination is a myth.
Thw word has no basis. It deals in intan
gible tilings. It is a monstrosity. Tho
word 'imagination' should In-eliminated
from the dictionary; it means nothing.
"Imagination is ideality," remarked
his companion. "It deals in images of
the mind. These images are distinct
mental shapes; therefore they are
things. Tho world would In- a barren
place if then' were 110 imagination.
Therefore, I say, "imagination is a
goinl word. It must remain in uny com
plete dictionary."
Tho dispute In-gau to wax noisy. Just
then the proprietor h;:pioiiotl along.
His iruaginat ion In-gnn i" work. "I
imagine," said In-, "that you two have
talked enough. Now skip."
The contentious pair moved out. And
the champion of imagination, as u sig
nificant Anglo-Saxon word, was heard
whispering to his companion:
"I nil you, imagination is a fact.
That mail's remark proves it."
And his companion simply remarked:
"Correct."
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