THE . SCB ANTON k TRIBUNE SATUBD AY lOBNlNQ, APRIL 1896.
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TEE STC3Y OF A LOST CAB
Oat of the Most Remarkable Ucideats
U RaUroadUg. '
STRANGE ROMANCE OP THE RAIL
A Horliastoa Car. Loads with Fortaa
ia Silks. Diaappssrs Batwoen Two
Stationa-Foaad a Year Lstsr
ia Good Coadllloa.
The Burlington officials at this point
have Just closed up a voluminous cor
respondence and effected a settlement
of all claims growing out of one of the
most remarkable Incidents In the his
tory of railroading. This was an acci
dent on the mountain division of the
Union Pacific In the year of 1887, when
a car loaded with merchandise, of the
value of over tiO.OOO, waa lost between
Oreen River and Laramie. Wyo., and Its
whereabouts for over a year was a mys
tery that baffled trainmen, officials and
directors until they were at their wits'
end.
The "lost car," as It came to be called,
was one of the old box cars of about ten
' tons capacity, belonging to the Hurlins
ton road, such a one as was In use on
-that line twenty-live years ago, and
already out of date at the time this
adventure befell It so far away from
home. It was painted a dull slate color
and numbered 907. It had lifsome man
ner found Its way to the Pacttlc Coast,
and on its return trip was utilized to
carry east a portion of the cargo of a
steamship Just arrived from the Orient,
consisting of silks, thgethci' with a lot
. of California wine, these two commo
dities being commonly shipped together
so as to secure to the shipper the ad
vantage of both bulk and weight, for
rates were very high, even as late as
ten years ago.
It was customary on the arrival of
he of the Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany's big vessels from China to make
up a whole trnln, and srmetimes two
"r three, from the silks Included In her
cargo, with wine for ballast, and send
them through from Sun Frantisco to
Omaha bs "silk specials," which were
scheduled on passenger time, anj not
Infrequently made better 8!eed than
the express trains. A "sixty-mile or
der" was often given the engineer and
conductor of a silk soeclal on leaving
Ogden or Green River, where time hnd
een lost on the Central Paclllc through
a snow blockade, which means they
were, allowed to make that speed within
the limits designated by the order, say
fi jm one division terminus to the next,
and they made It. too. an d took pride
In having to "kill time" besl les.
Now the steamship which brought
the cargo, of which the 907 received a
portion, was five days overdue when
fhe made port, and the silk special lost
forty-eight hours up among the snows
'f the Sierra Nevadus. so that, the con
signees being In a particular hurry for
th'.-lr freight, . orders were sent from
Dinahu to Ogden and intermediate di
vision termini to expedite that cargo
' by sending it over the line on a sixty
mile schedule. The. train order con
forming to these Instructions was is
sued at Ogden, and the specinl made
hurried time in safety to Kvanston and
thence lo Oreen Hiver. Here every
train that pusses through Is thoroughly
Inspected, the car numbers entered In
n book kept for thut purpose, the seals
examined and every precaution taken
to insure safety to both train and cargo
on Its long run through the Bitter
Creek country, across the Red Desert
and through the whole desolate moun
tain country encountered before the
Laramie plains are reached. The next
checking up and Inspection is done at
Laramie, and as each of these trains
Is made up wjth but sixteen x'ars, it. is,
( not much of a Job to give them the
closest attention as to every detail.
SCENE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE.
From Green to Hitter Creek station,
a mere sidetrack and water tank, stop
ping ahout 100 miles east of the former
place, the main line of the I'nion Pacific
follows the serpentine course of that
famous and most fearfully and won
derfully constructed stream known as
Hitter Creek. Sometimes the track
skirts the bank so closely that a pas
senger looking down from the car win
dow gains a fair Idea of the worst fluid
on earth bearing the name of water.
On either side of the track, rising pre
cipitately to a height of from one to
several hundred feet, are rocky spurs
whose sides have been blasted off Just
sufficient to permit the passage of
trains. In places there are curves so
sharp and with surroundings so peril
ous that old engineers never pass these
spots without a feeling of profound
thankfulness when they have left them
behind. It Is much the same all the
way to Rawlins, about midway be
tween which point and Green River lies
the "Red Desert." Tipton Is the third
stopping place east of Bitter Creek sta
tion, and Red Desert the fourth, either
being nothing more than a telegraph
office, a station gang's headquarters
and a water tank, the necessity of us
ing one of these three conveniences be
ing all the call a train ever has for
stnnping at one of them.
The sneclal, which Included the 907.
passed Bitter Creek all right, passed
Tipton the same way, and was In a fair
way to have time to kill when, in
going over a hill the train broke In
two. In such cases the engineer pulls
out for all his engine Is worth, or, rath
er, the engineers do, for all trains of
this sort are run as "double-headers."
This Is to prevent the detached sec-
tlon. which is Wt without safeguard
or air Drakes, fr.im running Into the
section in front and smashing the draw
heads. Well, this is what the engineers
did on this occasion, for It was about 1
o'clock at night, dark as pitch, and in
clined to be stormy. The portion of the
crew on the detached section always
know what to do on such occasions.
Then set the hand-brakes and Jog slow
ly along until the train comes to a
standstill at the foot of the grade,
where they well know the rest of the
crew will be waiting for them. The
engineers ran like lightning that night,
for they were on the down grade when
the train broke in two, running at the
rate of sixty miles an hour, and didn't
know whether the boys would discover
the accident and set the brakes at once
or not. Around sharp curves, across
ugly gulches, skimming along the banks
of dry creek beds, they rushed with
the speed of the wind, until the safe
halting place was reached, and there
they stopped. The detached section
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on the alert and. discovered th acci
dent Instantly. 'The trains -were once
more coupled up and made the remaind
er of toe Journey .Larawile without
accident. ' ; ,v; ,' J ' ' ' ' , ;
" '"" THE CAtf MISSED. .
When the "number snatcber" at La
ramie made' his rounds to check up'
the train he counted but fifteen cars.'
He examined his way bills, and found
they called for the usual number six
teen. He took another' look over the
train, with the same result. Then he
examined the car numbers on the way
bills and compared them with those
on the cars. Meantime engines and
crews had been changed, and every
thing was In readiness to pull out for
the "Sherman Hills." They were losing
time every minute, and the engineers
and conductor were furious over the
delay. The latter wanted to know what
In perdition waa the matter, and when
he waa Informed said the number
snatcher was a blanked Idiot. Then they
went over the train again, and lost
more time, without solving the mystery.
There waa no doubt of it. There was
a car missing, and It waa No. W7. Mat
ters were fixed un with the train dis
patcher, and the silk special went over
the Sherman Hills one car short. It
was supposed that car had been set
out at some way station on account of
a hot box. a flat wheel or a broken
axle, and that the conductor had for
gotten to make a minute of It. so the
subject was dropped until the next day.
Vhon the conductor appeared the
next dny at the trainmaster's office he
was called "on the carpet" 'and re
quested to explain. He. couldn't ex
plain. He swore he brought the train
in Just as he received it from the other
district. Oreen River was called up.
ami reported that H07 left there all
right. Every station from there to
Laramie was queried, but no one had
seen or heard of the lost car. Omaha
was notified, and for the next twenty
fur hours the wires were kept red hot
with messages relating to the old Bur
lington car and its precious cargo. In a
mouth its whereabouts was as much of
ka mystery as ever. Fine weather came
on. and the track walkers naa re
ported no wreckage along the line,
and, to make a long story short, the
company simply went down In Its pock
ets and advanced a portion of the loss
es; they couldn't do otherwise. In six
months the incident had become a
tradition to be referred to now and
then in spinning yarns when lying on
a sidetrack. . . ' .
A COWBOY'S DISCOVERY.
In June of the year following the dis
appearance of the 907 a cowboy, who
had been out on a round-up, was rid
ing across the Red desert In search of a
missing steer. It was Intensely hot,
and he was disgusted with thp world
In general and stray steers In .particu
lar. He was Just ready to turn around
and rejoin the outfit" front the "3-tar
ranch," when he concluded he would'
take a look In the gulch Just across;
the railroad track. Driving his spurs
Into his oow pony, he was soon over,
the line and making his way to the bot
tom of the gulch; which was deep and'
Its sides precipitous.-.Where the rail
road track crossed it nature had aided1
In strengthening the emlmknmetit by!
leaving at Its foot; one of those enor
mous bowlders, often seen In the moun
tains, and often GO or 100 feet in diam
eter. Thinking the steer would be like
ly to seek the shade of the embank
ment, he spurred around the big rock
to examine every possible hiding place.
What was his astonishment to Hnd
himself suddenly confronted with a
freight car stunding upright and un
harmed, as if Just sidetracked, in that
lonely spot, an hour before. He rubbed
his eyes und looked again, thinking
perhaps the heat waves In the atmos
phere might have blinded him, and that
he was the victim of an optical delu
sion. No, there It was, and on the
gray sides of the old car he read the
name "Burlington" and the number
907. lie even looked at tha seals, and
they were unbroken. Greatly puzzled,
and thinking the heat must have af
fected his brain, he left the trail of the
missing steer und drove to the little
red frame building at Red Desert, dig
nified by the name "telegraph office."
The operator did not credit his story
of finding the car with the seals on In
such an outlandish place for a self-respecting
car to be, but when the cow
puncher mentioned the number, "907,"
he pretty nearly fell off his chair. Then
he rushed to his key and in an instant
was calling Laramie. The dispatcher
at Laramie was "paralyzed," but as
soon as he became convinced that the
operator at Red Desert knew what he:
was talking about he wired Omaha the
Joyful tidings, and In an hour the
wrecking car was out on the way to
Red Desert, .accompanied by the su
perintendent, C. E. Wurtele. Why, it
was a bigger thing than finding a gold
mine, for, leaving out entirely the value
of the car, the cargo, If uninjured, was
worth a fortune in Itself. The car was
found as had been described, was
raised and put on the track again and
was taken Into Laramie, where an In
vestigation revealed the fact that the
contents had not suffered a dollar's
worth of damage.
THE. EXPLANATION.
The next question was' how that car
escaped from the train and got itself In
such a peculiar position. The crew
that brought the special east the night
907 was lost was questioned, but could
throw no light on the matter, until at
last it was remembered that the train
had parted on the hill between Tipton
and Red Desert, and that a dash bad
been made down the hill to escape a
rear-end collision. Then, like a flash,
the whole thing became clear, to the
conductor.
The separation of the train had been
made at the rear end of the No. 907,
which was left the laBt car on the front
section of the train. In going around
the sharp curve Just as the track runs
out on the embankment crossing the
gulch, the tremendous speed and the
sudden turn had derailed the 907 and
thrown her down into the gulch, Just as
a child Is thrown in playing "crack the
whip" when It is at one end of the line.
The link connecting it with the next car
had broken, and so avoided dragging
it down and perhaps wrecking the en-1
tire train.-- It had broken off so clean
that It had the appearance of being the
point at which the original break oc
curred, and so, when the detached sec
tion came up and the train was coupled
together, no one ever, thought pf the
old gray car; in fact. It was bo dark
they could not have seen It if they had
thought of It and It had been right be
fore their eyes. The draw-heads fitted;
a new link repaired the damage, and
that was the end of it s far as they
were concerned.
It is unfortunate, but true, that the
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perintendent, and the conductor and
hla brakemen were told to come to the
office and get their tune. Aa for the
cowboy, he waa the recipient of - aa
WORLD OF
A contributor to the Rochester Demo
crat and Chronicle writes: "Mr. Richard
Harding Davis la possessed either of
some Ingenious and persistent enemy who
devotes his time to spreading reports cal
culated to bring Mr. Davis into contempt,
or of a most remarkable capacity lor
making an asa of himself In the ordinary
courae of conversation. Every few weeks
there appears In the public preta a report
of soma entirely foolish or entirely cad
dish utterance alleged to have fallen from
the set and shaven llpa of Richard, son
of Rebecca, that makea men yearn to kick
him. Here la the lateat. Mr. Davie la
setting forth that he ia very tired of be
ing pointed out as the man who wrote
'Gallagher.' He Bays: That atory waa
all very well, but It naa a reportorial curt
ness and crystallisation of expression
about it that I have now soared far be
yond. Gallagher has the thumb-marks
of the poor, pawn-ticketed, free-lunched
hack reporter on tta pages. I want to for
get that part of my existence. I want to
wipe off the newspaper-shop part of my
life. I will sacrifice 'Gallagher' and the
royalties thereon If people will only forget
that I waa once that, scorned thing a re
porter." -
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"We cannot believe that the man who
wrote -'Gallagher' could ever develop Into
enough of a fool to be capable of talking
in that fashion. The story' must be con
sidered as an Invention of the enemy,
and, viewing It In that light, one cannot
but admire the fiendish ability with which
It has been shaped to accomplish Its end.
Every line of it casts a slur on Mr. Davit"
reputation aa a critic, as an author, aa u
gentleman. It Insinuates that he Is so
utterly incapable of Judging of the com
parative merits of literary performance
that he Is unaware that 'Gallagher' la the
best thing, if not the only really good
thing, he ever wrote In his life; that he
knows so little about style that he regards
'crystallisation of expression aa a fault;
that he has come to write so sloppily that
he Is no longer capable of 'cryatalltiation
of expression;' and, furthermore, that he
has Joined himself unto the great army
of snobs and Idiots who, because of their
snobbishness and Idiocy, look down upon
reporters who are cads, the average reMr
cad. If Harding Davis ever really said
what is here attributed to him he has evi
dently adopted the average clubman's
view of the reporter, than which there la
only one more ridiculous thing on earth.
For while there are clubmen who are gen
tlemen and clubmen who are cads. Just s
there are reportera who are gentlemen and
reporters who are cads, the average repor
ter is better born, better bred and better
educated than the average clubman, aa
everybody who Is well acquainted with
both sets perfectly well knows.. The ono
more ridiculous thing Is the attitude of the
small literary person, the hack book
reviewer of the publishers' and book-sellers'
trade-papers and his like, toward the
reporter.
"The true relation of the small literacy
person toward the reporter may be Illus
trated by the case of that 'rising, young
genius',' Stephen Crane; He once aspired
to be a reporter. He secured a position
on the city staff of the New York Tribune
and proved himself unfit to All it as soon
us he was trusted with an assignment
of some little Importance. He was told
to write up a political parade and turned
in a column or two of slop, of the 'chat
ter of a death demon in a tree-top' style,
the reuding whereof caused Whitelaw
Held to order the Immediate discharge of
every man on the paper who hud 'had any
thing to do with that parade story.' Bo
Mr. Crane was forced to take to litera
ture. The case of Harding Davis himself
might also furnish a like Illustration. Hu
mor hath It that, as a reporter, except
for an occasional 'special,' he was dis
tinctly not worth his salt. Indeed there
ore so many Bitch instances now-a-days
that un often quoted passage in 'Lothalr'
might be paraphrased Into truth, thus!
'Who are the rising young American au
thors? They are the men who have failed
in newspaper work.' It Is a well-known
fuct that very passable literary persons
tan be made from material out of which
It has been found Impossible to mould the
poorest sort of- reporter. And It Is easy
to see what would become of most of
our. rising young authors If they were
required, as reporters are, to hunt up
something worth writing about before be
ginning to write. What a host of budding
geniuses would be relegated to their prop
er sphere of usefulness, the rear platform
of a trolley car, and what an improvement
there would be In the quality of contem
poraneous American literature. If such a
regulation could be enforced!"
II H II
"The large preponderance of foreign
literature In the American market Is,"
savs the Washington Post, "naturally un
pleasant to American writers. They And
that In spite of the International copyright
law and the tariff on books the authors of
Europe, and especially English authors,
are not merely holding their own, but ac
tually gaining ground in the United
States. Vigorous protests against the
alleged Injustice of this state of things
had little or no 'effect. American- writ
ers are finding It Impossible to' dispose
of their products, and not a few of them
are turnfna- away from literature to gain
a livelihood in less congenial but more
profitable fields. The latest paper on this
subject Is not the product of an author,
but comes from the well-kncjvn publisher,
J. Selwin Talt, of New York, in the shape
of a letter to the Evening Post, of that
city. Mr. Talt discusses llteray matters
In the frankest manner. He refers to 'the
darkening fortunes of the native novelist
of respectable tastes.' To show why they
are darkening he says that 'last year for
eign authors contributed two-thirds of
the presentable Action published In this
country rclprocnlly our authors contribu
ted less than 1 per cent, of the Aetion pub
lished abroad.' Ten-cent magazines have,
in his opinion, 'cut right into the heart of
the book trade,' lessening the demand for
literature In more permanent form. The
newspaper press has, he says, exerted a
similar Influence, and we have no doubt
that this opinion Is correct. - Many of tho
best novels get their first presentation to
the reading public through the dally pa
pers, especially In their Sunday issues.
Hut the book publishers can get almost
any original manuscript which they desire
to bring out If they are willing to pay
the price demanded and -received. -'
' - II II II
"Mr. Talt thinks the American public Is
too much Influenced by English opinion,
-lyoncion imprimatur, ne says, is omnip
otent; without it nothing goes.'' Under
such conditions 'the majority of our do
mestic publishers do not care to publlsn
native works, because It Is so much easier
and more profitable o handle the foreign
article.' Mr. Talt thinks the American
writer has 'as much ability and natural
aptitude' as his English competitor. Al!
that Is-needed to Insure his success Is.
In the opinion of this generous critic, that
his countrymen shall regard the novel us
'an Institution,' and give him due encour
agement. ' We do not believe that anglo-'
mania Is an Important factor of the situa
tion. The American Deoule read 8tevun.
son, Calne, Black, Barrle, Harley, and a
host of other Eng.ish writers, not because
their works are English, but for a much
better reason. , It happens to be flood tide
with English anil ebb tide with American
Action Just nowt Hut this is not a Axed
condition. Tim has already wrought
wonders In American literature. Prior to
Irving's day scarcely any American book
was read in England.. Now there are
many American books on the shelves of
every library In Great Britain. The griev
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LETTERS.
ance of our writers cannot be abated un
til they accomplish its abatement by their
own efforts. They must do It on what
the civil service reformers call the merit
system.' "
II II II
AUTHORS. AND PUBLISHERS:
All Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry will
soon be issued in one volume by the Scrlb
ners. Hall Calne has bought Oeeba castle. In
the Isle of Man. and la engaged writing a
aew novel there.
General W. H. Lytle, who wrote "I Am
Dying, Egypt, Dying," was the only gen
eral killed on the union side at Chicks
mauga. The Rev. John Watson, of Liverpool,
better known as Ian Maclaren, will deliver
the Yale lectures on preaching next Sep
tember. A new volume of poems by BUsa Car
man, with Illustrations by Tom Meteyard,
la announced for Immediate publication
by Elkin Mathews.
Olive Holland, the author of "My Jap
anese Wife," has written a new novel.
The scene Is laid In Norway. It Is called
"The Lure of Fame."
W. L Alden, who used to write the hu
morous editorials for the New York Times,
until 118a, has been In London some year
writing for the English magaslnes.
The Countess de Martel, "Gyp," has Just
published In Paris a new book, "Le lion,
heur de Glnette," which Is written In the
same vein as "Le Marriage de Chiffon."
A new book of an odd character is about
to be published by the Longmans. It is
written by Dr. Thomas N. Orchard, and
la to deal with "The Astronomy of Para
dise Lost."
William Morris says the poet laureate
ship of England is a mere court ofllce,
a business affair, and It was only by ac
cident that it happened to be held by two
great poets.
Harold Frederic's new novel, soon to be
Kublished, Is entitled ."Illumination." He
as been engaged Ave years on the book,
which Is a study of the Roman Catholic
church In America. .
It Is supposed that Cecil Rhodes, ' the
ruling genius of South Africa, was th
original of the hero In Anthony Hope's
novel, "The God in the Car," recently
published by D. Appleton ft Co.
James Payn has announced the Inten
tion of resigning the editorship of the
Cornhlll Magazine, which he has held
for thirteen years. For soma time ho
has been an Invalid, unable to leave his
home, although continually at work with
his pen.
Crockett's next novel will reflect life
In Holland. The ex-preacher has gone
to that country to study Dutch colorings.
He has recently completed a story of 10,000
words for the "Windsor Magazine" In
London. Crockett rests from his literary
labors by playing golf.
Edward Ducoto has discovered that Vir
gil was a persistent plagiarist, stealing
right and left from Theocritus, Aratus,
Plsander, Ennlus, Lucretius, Acclus, Ho
mer and many others. There were, how
ever only one or two Latin poets who
dldn t crib Incessantly.
The oldest romance In existence today
So far aa known is one called "The Tale
of Two Brothers." The original manu
script In papyrus, Is In the British Muse
um, and It dates bark 3,2(10 years. A The
ban scribe named Ennana waa the au
thor. The colony of American writers In Lon
don numbers over 100 men and women,
among whom are Henry James, Bret
Harte, Moncure Conway, Gertrude Ather
ton. W. W. Amor, Poultney Bigelow.
Sarah Jeannette Duncan (Mrs. Everard
Coates), Elisabeth Pennell and Mrs. Bur
nett. .
Barrett Browning, son of the late poet.
Browning recently lent the Ressonlca pal
ace, in Venice, to be used for a fete, man
aged by a charitable association of Italian
ladles. The palace hs been restored by
Browning to its ancient splendor, and the
fete was a very brilliant one.
The Publishers' Circular estimates that
In Great Britain the output of books Is
as follows: Sermons, one volume a day;
novels, Ave a day; educational works, two
a day; art and science, two each every
week; histories or biographies, six a week,
and law, one every two weeks.
Helen Mathers, says Current Literature
wrote her novel "Comln' Thro' the Rye,"
In a bit of pique. Her father, who was
a strict disciplinarian, denied her some
cherished wish, and ahe paid him oft by
depleting the family martinet In her book.
She waa greatly surprised when her novel
was accepted by the publishers, and went
about In an agony of fear lest her father
should discover the author.
Hamilton Wright Mable has Just com
pleted the new book upon which he has
been engaged for some time, to be called
"Essays on Nature and Culture," In which
the author endeavors to trace those an
alogies between the methods of human
life which seem to give us suggestions
for the best conduct of life. A companion
volume, to be entitled "Essays on Books
and Culture," based on his articles that
have appeared in the Bookman, will be
published In the autumn.
The late Thomas Hughes made his first
visit to this country In 1871, when he went
as far west as Chicago. He saw every
body of note and climbed Bunker Hill
monument with Lowell, and met the Bos
ton literary set. Including "a voum How-
ells, the editor of the Atlantic Monthly."
The author of "Tom Brown" visited this
country again In 1880, when he founded his
Tennessee colony, "Rugby." A rarely
loveable character was Hughes. He liked
Americans and enjoyed his visits here.
RESULT OF CHICKEN BLOOD.
A Conneotleut Youth Now Struts About
and Aets Llks Game Coek.
From the New York World.
This Is a queer story of the strange
results of the transfusion of blood from
a fowl to the veins of an Infant. A boy
was born to the wife of a farmer who
lives near Stonlngton, Conn. The child
wns dying of Inanition. To save Its life
a young doctor transfused into the In
fant's veins the blood of a fowl taken
from the farmyard.
The child became strong and la now a
vigorous lad of twelve. As he grew In
years his mother observed that he was
intensely fond of out-of-door life and
cared nothing; for the society of other
children. He always played with the
barnyard fowls, and his mother found
14 dlfflctiU to make him stay In the
houre. Not long since she discovered
that he left his bed In the night and was
found In the chicken house in the morn
ing. She' could not break him of this
ho bit. She was distressed, too, to tee
that he imitated the fowls in his ac
tions, walking with deliberation, rais
ing one foot high from the ground and
putting it down again with all the dig
nity of a Brahma rooster. He made
strange, chicken-like nclses, too. Imi
tating the crowing of a gamecock and
i clucking softly to himself as he it rut ted
.limit f,A raA
The birds of the yard followed him
about, and the hens ducked noisily at
him when he crowed. His mother
watched these strange developments
In her child with anxiety. Finally, be
coming alarmed, she sent for the phy
sician who had saved the lad's life In
Infancy. He remained a fortnight on
the farm studying the lad. Then he
brought down from Boston two other
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physicians. . They too. watched the cu
rious antics of the boy with Interest,
and finally got permission to take him
to Boston. The lad resisted that and
fought the physicians with strange
side-long kicks from his heels and vio
lent knocks from his head.
He Is now In Boston being treated for
his odd affliction. It Is said that the
only similar case reported in the medi
cal Journal Is that of an Austrian who.
having a bullock's blood transfused
Into his veins. In later life began to
bellow and paw the ground like an
augry bull.
New Tork physicians scoff at this
case reported from Stonlngton. They
say the transmission of characters by
blood transfusion Is preposterous.
IMVERSVL SIFFRACE.
Printed at the Request of the American
Woman Suffrage Association.
It la often said, by the opponents of wo
man suffrage, that we have already loo
large a number of voters, and that gov
ernment by limited suffrage would show
much better results. I wonder whether
such people realise what they are saying
whether they know that they are announc
ing that. In their opinion, a government of,
for, and by the people, is impossible, and
that our Ideal has been placed too hUh
for our attainment. Universal suffrage,
o me, means the right of every man and
woman who Is mentally able to do so,
and who has not forfeited the right by an
Ill-use of it. to say who shall rule thctn,
and what section shall be taken by those
ruler upon questions of moment.
"Who has not forfeited the right." I
say, for the right can be forfeited as
can that to liberty, or to almost any other
so-called "natural right." In old English
common law high treason Is partly de
fined as giving aid and comfort to the
king's enemies. With us, where the peo
ple have taken the place of the king, there
can be no such aid and comfort given to
their enemies as through any attempt to
debauch the suffrage. The democratic
principle demands the life disfranchise
ment of any one convicted of giving or re?
celving a bribe to Influence the result of
an election. The right of a man or woman
to self-government Isxso Vital, so sacred,
that tampering with It cannot be visit
ed with too heavy penalties. The saying
that eternal vigilance Is the price of lib
erty Is as true today as It ever was, but
we are not wining to pay mat price, and
therefore the disgraceful condition of af
faire In our cities Is what It Is today. But
the fault Is not primarily with the Ig
norant masses; It lies with the Intelligent
voters, the men who should be leaders, but
who have wilfully discrowned them
selves, and then cry out for.' limited suf
frage, or In other words, tor the bene
fits of a democratic government without
Its necessary duties.
It hss never, to my knowledge, been
suggested thut a people's government
could be carried on without work or with
out a great deal of sacrifice. The princi
ple of universal suffrage, like every other
high Ideal, will not run alone, it carries
duties with it. duties which are Impera
tive, and to shirk which Is filching bene
fits without rendering an equivalent.
When one hears men deliberately avow
ing that their private Interests will suf
fer If they perform their public duties, or
women pleading against the bestowal of
the suffrage lest they lose certain legal
privileges which place them on a par with
children In their teens, one realizes how
far the Ideal still is from us and one looks
for the handwriting on the wall, "Mene,
mene. tekel, upharsln;" "Thou art weighed
in the balance, and art found wanting."
Those words were addressed to the mon
arch, who had betrayed his trust. Let us
take heed to the warning, ere It be too
lute. Ellzebeth Burrill Curtis.
REFORM.
The great and good reformer brought his
hlir.rjat HAup.tU II -.1. .
khiii will,
And with firm unswerving purpose he
uoancu it un wuoiu;
It showed up everybody's straight and
crooked ways.
Till to a man the rascals ran to hide them
irom ine maze.
Then presidents, clerks, and bank cash-
wi9 ucnaii iu turn mum paie.
And e'en the guardians or the peace
quailed with a thoughtful quail;
The sugar man and butter man their heads
drew out of sight,
But the dry goods dealer boldly stood and
tw in Biui'iiiijBj najni.
The railroad corporations paused, and
ministers meanwhile -
Began to search their souls to see if they
were free from guile; '
And those who led society, of stately pedi
gree, Trembled at what the curious world In
blazonry might see.
And so this benfacteor had of moral fun
no end.
In showing up the faults alike of enemy
and friend, ,
Till some one got his breath again and
turned the light about.
And put this great reformer man at once
to utter rout.
Phelps Dawson, in Philadelphia Bulletin.
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than the St. Denis.
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NIDJHD II IMDITlll IlillJIlKD.
Two Cases in Gladwin County, Mich., Cited to Prove
the fact that Nerve Debility can be Treated
with a Nerve Food Successfully,
DO NOT USE A STIMULANT. USE A NERVE FOOD,
From fa Courier-Herald, Saginaw, Mich.
In the long list of. diseases that human
flesh i heir to, none perhaps are more pain
ful than inflammatory rheumatism and its
attendant ills. The sufferer lies racked by
paius that seem unbearable and many times
even death itself would be a relief. Tor
lured by pains that .seem beyond human
skill to drive away .or even alleviate, the
wretched, sufferer . tosses on 'a bed of pain,
hoping that something may. be found to re
lease him from-the thralls of that dreaded
malady. A ease of this character recently
came under the observation of a representa-
ftivi, Al' th - fkUM',l,MM M-Yll I...
chanced to lie lu the thriving, little town of
f il. ..)...;.. . .i. . ... . . i.. i..
county, Michigan. While there he heard
of the case 6t Mrs". William Klynn, who
uau oeen a victim oi innauiui atory rneu
mutism in its severest form and had endured
untold sufferings from it. It had drawn her
hands out of shape until they resembled
bird's claws. Bhe had fallen away in flesh
until she was almost s living skeleton snd
her siiS'erings were so great and constant
thnt she became a victim of sleeplessness.
All of these troubles contrived to make her
condition most alarming and she became the
victim of hallucinations, seeing terrible things
and fancied dangers everywhere.
Then, at a time when the most serious
consequences were threatened, she was in
duced to try a remarkable remedy that had
cured one of her friends and after a short
time a happy termination of her terrible
illness was assured. Asked in regard to
her trouble and its treatment Mrs. Flynn
responded as follows: "Two years ago I
had a terrible attack of inflammatory rheu
matism that prostrated me utterly so that I
was entirely helpless. The trouble was in
a very violent, form and drew my hands out
of all shape. It also affected my lower
limbs, winch became badly swollen and
helpless. I had had attacks of rheumatism
several times before but none so violent as
this. I hud constant pains in the Joints and
violent headache. There were also times
when I had chills very severe and these
were followed by periods of violent per
spiration that was exceedingly profuse and
weakened my constitution. This condition
kept on for ahout three months.
"One day a ladv friend who had used Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People with
great benefit, met my little girl oa the street
and on learning of inv condition advised me
to get some Pink Pills and take them. I
got a box and began to use them according
to directions. After two or three doses they
acted very clearly on my nervousness. I
hud not been able to sleep for a long time
and this was beginning to tell on me very
severely. I had fallen swsy in flesh until I
was very thin and weak and my hands were
hardly more than skin and bone. As I said
alter two or three doses of Pink Pills they
began to quiet my nervousness, and I could
sleep. 1 continued to gain so thst in a few
months I was again able to be np and do my
own work The rheumatism has nearly left
me. I am free from the paint in the head
and at nisht I can get healthful and refresh
ing sleep. These pills have done a great
di-a', of good for me snd I cannot speak too
highly of them. There are also other cases
-irniind me where they have been used and
they hive acted beneficially at they did in
my own case. I cannot say too much for
them and say these lew words of testimony
in order that others who are suffering at I
was, may try them and get relief."
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oad treoxth. I want ere 17
Oroonc or old maa to know
about It. IUkearaonil
interest in enrn eaato.and
4wno one need ' Beeilat to
Sb? write ma. ne ell r-ainmnnU .
i-catione are held strictly
cat iotib are neiu iincur
conatei.tialJ I eood tho recti thfareraedyf 1
ntianlnf.lv fVsaea nf tvMt. lift not tint It off. hutT
O write mo fully at once, yon will alwaie bleat k
tho day 10a did so. Addrees, r . A
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CATERER.
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GROCERIES.
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UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY,
Raub, A.'R., 425 8pruce.
DRUGGISTS.
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Davis, Q W., Main and Market.
Bloes, W. 8., Peckvllle.
Davles, John J., Id8 8. Main. , .. ,..
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PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna,
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Recently, while a repretentatirs of, lbs
Conner-Herald was at the thriving village .
of Ciladyin, Gladwin County, hs heard of a
case of this nature and that it had yielded to .
a thort treatment with a celebrated remedy,
the name of which bat become a household
word in every hamlet, village and city in the . .
land. The victim of this unusually severs
ease of nervous trouble was Ransom Sim
moot, an old and well-known resident of the
village. His nervous condition had grows -worse
snd worse, until the slightest unusual 1
noise, or even the opening of a door would
almost drive him frantic. Skilled phyat,
cians had studied over his case Snd prsv
scribed the usual remedies, but' thtir tflortl '
were unavailing, sad the patient ooatinusv .
to get worse. , i ' . ;
Finally, one day In reading s newiDSner. hs
encountered an item in regard to a oate souk-
what similar to his own, and read with great
interest of the means by which it had been
cured. He at once decided to try the rem
edy, and did so. At to the results of Its use,
we ran not do better than quote Mr. Sim
mons' own words. When asked to narrate :
bis experience, he tpoke as follows r
" As the result of s long, continued illness
I became the victim oi nervous debility in
its most violent form about four years sgo.'
It kept growing worse and worse until I bait
become so nervous that the leait noise around '
the house, or the entrance of anyone into the .
house, would throw me into a violent nert -out
paroxysm. I tried medicines for the'
trouble, but was not relieved. Finally, I i
read in a Detroit, Michigan paper about a'
cure ot s trouble somewhat similar to mine, :
effected by a medicine known as Or. Wil
liams' Pink Pills, and decided to give these -pills
a trial After I had taken s boX'of tlis'
pills, my nervousness began to be relieved,'-
and after taking ten boxes of Pink Pills I Was
so well that 1 discontinued their use, Snd '
have not had to use them or anything for
nervous troubles for two years past. In my
case they acted quickly und effectually on '
my nervous troubles, snd they proved an '
efficient aud reliable remedy. Since using
tliriii i have recnniinemled them to others,
and they have used them with great benefit.''
Mrs. Himmons corroborated tier husband's
ituteineuts,aml wat earnest in her good words '
for the remarkable remedy that had been the '
means of affording her husband much needed
rest, snd had freed him from the violent
nervous disability that had made hit life
miserable. Many caset similar to this one
of Mr. Simmons' have been noted, wherein ,
Dr Williams' Pink Pills hare been used
with eminently satisfactory and speedy re
sults, and liability to frequent snd excessive
nervons excitement has been readily relieved
and the shattered nerves built up and re
stored to s normal, healthy condition.
Or. Williams' Pink Pills contain in a con.
dented form, all the elements necessary to give
hew life snd richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are aa unfailing spe
cific for such ditetses at locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, '
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the '
after effect ot la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms
of weakness either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 911 cents s box or
six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk '
or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Bchenectady, N. Y.
Complexion Pressm.
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