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TITI! SCRANTON TRIBUNE- HATURDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 185)7.
THE STORY
The True History of Hie
Wild
I'rom tho Springfield rtcpubllcan.
TJiorc Uvea In llolyokc a man who
knew Wild Bill, which In tho local
end of the story. Hit nnmo will nppear
In Its proper place. Tho bones of Wild
Bill, christened Jumos B. Hlckok In
tho Illinois town of his birth, still reft
in Mt. Morlnh cemetery near Dead
wood In South Dakota. They have
been there oer 20 jears, since the day
that Jack iMcCall crept up behind the
scout and shot him dead for the sake
of the notoriety he would achieve for
having killed tho most famous man
nnd the best shot on tho border.
A few weeks ago It was leportcd In
tho western newspapers that Wild
Bill's brothers and son In California
were raisin? a subscription fund with
which to remove his body from Dead
wood to California, wheie a monu
ment was to be erected over his grave.
This news Immediately brought out a
HtrotiB protest from the folks In Dead
wood Wold now comes that "any at
tempt to carry out this design would
undoubtedly result In a miniature re
bellion The gtave of Wild Bill Is one
of tho chief attractions of the noithern
pait of the Black Hills, and oery
lsitor to that section lnvailably makes
It a visit." Indeed, the grave is such
an attraction that It Is dllllcult to keep
a dec'eiit looking monument over It
on account of iclle fiends. Several
wooden hlthchlng posts In counti.v
tow iu, and while a stone monument
w ith a statue now marks the grave,
one end of the gianlto moustache and
the ban el of one of tho granite re
olcts have been chipped off and car
iled away.
HAHI-A' DAYS.
The wan lor life of Wild Bill had
thiee periods, ante-bellum, bellum nnd
1 st-bellutn. He left his Illinois home
while jet In his teens and spent 13
jtar.s on the trans-Mihsuurl plains and
in tho Bock mountains. He nipped
hunted, fought Indlnns and rode tho
ponj express, becoming a master of
woodcraft and an uueiilng mark.-inen
with either llllo 01 ieolei Speak
ing of his niniksm.inshlp in later
oars he said that he "alleis shot well
but that ho "pel footed" himself whll
In the mountains shooting at coins
en wagets. Vciv little Is now known
of Bill s life before tho outbreak of
tho war nslde from these general facts
When that gieat conlllet .nose all
border men had to take sides either
with tho Xoith or the South, and while
a great mnn of them championed the
South, Bill stood loyally by the Union
and coming Into Missouri he became
uu nimy scout, an occupation for
which no man nlle as better lltted In
that fiontler region. At this time he
was fccaicoly 30. Ho stood six feet,
one Inch In height, had fair complex
Ion and blonde hair, and was a per
fect specimen of ph ileal manhood.
Cool, reticent In speech, yet bold to
recklessness In action, and a l aging
tiger In a fhand-tohand encounter,
Wild Bill befoto the w ir was oei
had achieved a leputatlon as tho most
dangerous and successful scout em
ployed acicws tho Mississippi liver.
INCKBDIBLH VALOlt
In the first summer of the war he
performed a prodigy of valor In per
gonal combat that cannot bo sui passed
in the entire Held of fiction. In a bat
tlo with ten antagonists In u small
room Bill killed them nil If anyone
is Inclined to doubt this story let him
turn to Haipei's, mauaaine for Feb
ruary, 1S67, and lead the article of
George Ward Nichols on Wild Bill. It
was the notorious M'Kandl.ih gang of
tltspetadoes, whom Bill had known In
tho mountains and who had espoused
the side of tho South, that the scout
extei initiated. They caught him in a
cabin of one mom In southeast Ne
biaska from which ho could not es
cape It had a door at elthet end and
they could attack hlir on either side.
Bill had six shot j in his ieolver nnd
found a loaded t ille in the cabin
"sten shots for ten men," he said to
himself as the gang appioached. The
leader, McKandlas, enteied the door
with gun alieadv poised to shoot, but
with the ride Mill dropped him on tho
thieshhold. The other nine then made
a lush In a body. Ciaek clack clack
crack and four fell dead. That left
fle to kill and only two shots In Bill's
reolver. They were now on him with
knlis. He diopped nnother, leaving
four, and knocked another senseless,
lealng three. Then, giasplng a knife,
and aroused Into an Insane fuiy. Bill
cut and slashed his remaining antag
onists mound the loom until not one
was left alive. His ns-sallants, to be
sure, had emptied their guns at him,
but no bullet had reached a vital spot,
while Bill always shot to kill. He
walked out to the well and then fell
in a faint with II buckshot in his body
and 13 knife wounds, any one of which
seemed enough to end a common man.
AS A SCOUT.
That wot the sort of man who served
3ils country as a Union scout among
the most leckless and murdeious class
of soldiery engaged In tho war. Among
other stories of his exploits In this
period two will sutllco For some, time
Bill had been serving In old "Pap"
Price's army, ostensibly as a south
ern boldler. but leally s a Union spy.
He had with him a mate. Ono dav
the confederate cawilry leglment In
which Bill served was diawn up await
ing an expected charge from a Union
regiment standing several hundred
yards away. Wild Bill and his mate
had valuable Information for tho Union
general, who should have It at once;
and, standing there In the confederate
line, these two decided upon a desper
ate act. The Union cavalrymen now
saw two horsemen dart out from the
line opposite and ride madly toward
them They had gone some distance
before shots began to follow them, as
well as eeveral other riders. All would
have gone well with tho daredevils had
they not suddenly come upon a ditch,
at-ut 20 feet wide, sunken in tho
prai g Not seeing It In time, they
had to haul up and their fate seemed
nettled, for the put suing horsemen were
coming rapidly. But wheeling, the two
rode back toward their pursuers, who
surprised by this reckless mnneouver.
pulled In their houses. The scouts,
having gone back a sutliclent distance
to get a good start, now wheeled again
nnd rushed their horses for the ditch,
Intending to Jump It. Ah they neared
tlio ditch one threw up his arms and
fell dead, but the other leapt It like a
flying stone, and there was Wild Bill
among his friends again and 6afe from
harm.
TAMING A BrtAGCJART.
The acout managed It somewhat dif
ferently at another time. Aa before,
" had been serving in the southern
OF A MAN
Celebrated Frontiersman,
Bill.
nrmy nnd tho sergeant of his company
wa a notorious braggart, nlwnys
boasting of his courage. Tho rebel
force, coming within sight of tho en
emy, who wore stationed the other
side of a river, Bill challenged the ser
geant to ride with him toward the
"Yank," to hee who would turn tho
first, the one who rode tho nearer the
enemy to be recognized as the braver
man. Tho other "Johnny Bobs" were
enthusiastic over the chaltenge, and
tho sergennt, who was really no cow
ard, had to accept. As they rode rap
Idly toward the enemy th bullets be
gan zlttlng mound them with bullet
like abandon, but neither lllnched Ap-
WILD BILL (J.
proachlng tho liver a Union soldier on
tho opposite bank ciied out. "Why,
tint's Wild Bill," nnd Immediately the
lebel seigeant turned in his saddle and,
drawing his levoher, said, "I believe
ou'ie a Yank." IIc was too late with
his gun. for Bill shot him dead then
nnd their, and giasplng tho leln of the
fallen sergeant's hoi so, spurred on to
the llvei The confederates behind
now realized the situation, and In vio
lent fuiy lode down to pick off tho
scout befoie ho could make tho othei
bank. Plunging Into the water Bill
slid oft his hoi be and swam across,
guiding his own beast ahead of him
by the tall and pulling the other one
after by the tell-. In this fashion, and
In the midst of a shower of bullets, he
i cached the other side amid the cheers
of tho Yankee soldiers.
AFTI3H THi: WAR.
Three or four months after Lee's sur
lender Wild Bill, Intending no haim
to any of his kind, took up his resi
dence In Spiingfleld, Mo. Duilng the
war he had killed scoies of men, f0 In
ono battle, It Is said, and had acquired
vailous habits, such as smoking, card
playing and perhaps a, little whisky
drinking. It was with leference to
these habits, which he iegardnd as
thoroughly pernicious, that Bill said:
"War Is demoralizing, It Is."
Now, while tho scout, HkeOcn. Grant,
wanted pence as he cmeiged from the
bellum to the post-bellum period of his
cat cor, he was not destined to have It
right awaj. The civil war continued
In a small way toi jeaia on tho bol
der, and, forgotten though It be, it Is
a fact that about -1,000 persons were
killed In the mllltaiy department of
Mlssouil In tho oai following the dls
bandment of the southern uimles
These tragedies were tho results of
peisonal feuds which often dated back
to tlw months pi lor to the outbieak
of war or which aiose between north
ern and .southern men duilng tho wni's
pingiess. At that time Springfield was
full of old southern soldiers who knew
Wild Bill as the famous Union s-coul
and spy, nnd they wanted his life
Dave Tutt. besides the war grudge,
had ciosed Bill's path with reference
to a woman. Theie were prellmlnaij
Insults and hectoilng usual to such
episodes, so Bill concluded to light
Tutt At noon they met In the tow n
square with a laige crowd standing
around, nnd walking Into the open the
two men, both reckoned dead-shots,
drew their pistols. Tutt never fired
nnd as for Wild Hill, after dlschaig
Ing his revolver, and without waiting
to note the shot's effect, ho turned
upon the crowd of southerners In his
i ear and leveling his piece at them
shouted:
"Aren't you satisfied?"
Absolutely confident that his shot
would kill, the man had turned at once
to prevent Tutt's fi lends from firing
at him In the rear; and this saved his
life, for the southerners were teady
to shoot If Tutt fell. A coronet's Juiy
acquitted Bill on the ground of self
defense. AS A REGULATOR.
Five years passed and the Texan
cattle trade had" undergone a prodig
ious development. Tho cattle were
driven up along the tinlls from Texas
to somo town In western Kansas, which
was on the Kansas Pacific tallroad,
nnd there shipped to maiket. This
trade gave employment to hundreds of
cowboys, veiy many of whom had
served In the confederate aimy, and
than whom no more reckless, lawless
set existed In the West. They were
never paid off until the drive was end
ed at these Kansas cattle centers and
then, with pockets full of money, they
sought the enteitalnment of the
gambling saloon and dance hall with
which the town abounded. They knew
no law and recognized none until some
business men of one of tho distracted
and sorely alllicted communities con
ceived tho Idea or making the cele
brated frontlorsman, Wild Bill, the
marshal of tho town with full authority
to preserve order. It was In tho year
1870 that Bill began his career as the
"regulator" and "peace-maker" of
Hays City, Abilene, and, perhaps, one
or two other places. In this work he
tilled many a grave with desperadoes
OF STRANGE
nnd disobedient cowboys, for stern ex
amples had to be made before they
could understand tho relentless maj
esty of the law which Wild Bill's star
represented.
Ho began In Hays City by killing
Jnck Struwhan nnd Bill Mulvey.
Strnwhan went "hunting" for tho mar
shal to shoot him In revongo for hav
ing been lines ted. If be had not
found Wild Bill so quick, In a double
sense, he would have lived longer him
self He diew on sight of Bill two
shots a hole In Wild Bill's lint, another
In Straw linn's heart, and tho hunt wns
ended.
The shooting of Mulvey Illustrates
Wild Bill's nerve, coolness nnd re
sources in emcigencles. Mulvey start
ed out drinking and shooting. Bill wns
notllled, found Mulvey ami snld:
"I shall hae to arrest you; come
with me'"
Suddenly two revolvers stated Wild
B. HICKOK).
Bill ill the face, and Mulvey Mid, "Mi.
Longhair, you come w Ith me."
Wild Bill answered, "I guess I will
have to, I cannot boat tho pall ; then
suddenly as though looking at some
body behind the desperado, ciied out,
"Don't shoot, bojs, he is onl.v fooling."
At that Mulvey tinned his head for
an instant and made the mistake of
his life It ended then and there. Mul
vey was so hatevhat they burled him
without an inquest.
IN ABILBNH.
11 om llajs City Wild Bill was in
vited to go to Abilene and quiet things
u little. Tho Ablleners had been hav
ing a veiy choice article In the way ot
a leizn of teiror, cue maishal, Tom
Smith, havlnc been killed while try
ing to Intioduco a veneer ot eastern
civilization and to ledueo th" aveiage
monthly death late. It was at Abilene
that our Holyoke friend, W. II. Clark,
now with th Whiting paper company,
eamo to know "Wild Bill and to esteem
hlni ns tho most extraordinary man of
his typo to bo found on the plains.
Mr. Clark Is the thief scource of our
knowledge of the Abilene poilod in
IJIH's careci. To Illustrate tho free and
easy life of tho town, Mr. Claik relates
how a stianger fiom Massachusetts,
being In tho place, took a seat out on
the sidewalk one sunny afternoon. Ho
had the common oxpeilence of strang
eis In Abilene, for a number of cow
boys s-pylng him, Immediately began
theli levolver piacilce with the man
fiom tho Bay state as their target. A
rapid ittrent around tho corner and tlu
stianger thanked God It was no worse
This Incident, slight though It be, glve3
us the historical perspective, or the at
mospheie H3 the ai lists ay, of tho
Abilene of Wild Bill's day.
As a refotmer the new marshal was
100 per cent. He issued an order that
no icvolv rs should be cat tied In the
town, which wns extremely radical
legislation. Cowboys enteiing the
place weie to hand their "guns" over to
the maishal for safe keeping or to de
posit them In the saloon they pation
Ized. Any in.tn seen canylng his aims
was immediately the prey of Wild Bill.
The ordei was obeyed, so far as ap
peaiances went, but of course every
body can led his revolver In an Inside
poeket, ns Bill was well awaie. The
leal lefoim did not come until some
one had got killed. Abilene was full
of dance halls and one night a cow
boy, In an excess of mcrilmcnt began
shooting out tho eyes of the nude wo
men In the pictures on the wall. The
mntshal appealed, tluew him down
nnd then took him to the Jail, some
distance away. The foice with which
Bill had thrown the fellow aroused
the anger of his companions, who fol
lowed them to the jail uttering cur
ses and tin eats. Bill retaliated by ar
resting and locking up another of the
ciowd, which was really a high-handed
pi acceding. That the marshal then
tuined and walked home, without
onte looking back nt the cowboys, who
followed to his door, may not seem
particularly couiageous, but It was.
Any one of them might have killed
him, and killing a man was the am
bition of the gentlemen from Texas.
But Bill had no fear for this reason:
While evety cowboy deslied the no
toilety of having killed his man, It
wns to have killed him In a fair light.
In tho cow boy's lexicon of fame mur
ders did not count. So Wild Bill
walked home that night perfectly
safe fiom assaslnatlon.
BILL AND COLL'.
There was one man in Abilene, Phil
Cole, a saloon-keeper, who had sworn
to have Wild Bill's life. Cole was e
feet 4 Inches tall, weighed 250 pounds,
was famed as a shot ,and as quick as
ft Ivnx In a fight. He was a confeder
ate veteran, having been a Texas
ranger, and felt for Bill the old sec
tional hatred that kept the border
dripping with blood. Uvcry one In
Abilene knew that Colo was waiting
for his chance, and that Bill was
icady for war without uuy piellmln
ary formalities. It has been stated
that In those perilous days before the
encounter with Colo tho marshal al
ways walked In the middle of the
street for fear of foes luiklng In alley
vyays or Just around a corner. But this
ls wrong. Mr. Clark testifies that he
A '
QUALITIES.
wns utterly reckless of his life and
offered every opportunity to his ene
mies to assassinate him. When asked
If he wns never afraid ho answered:
"What In hell Is there to be afraid of
when you don't believe tho bullet Is
molded that Is going to kill you?"
Using swear words, by tho way, wns
also tho tesult of tho demoralization
of war, which had so Impressed Wild
Bill.
Colo wanted to kill the famous srout
for two reasons. It would satisfy his
hatred, and then, too, If tho trick were
done In a square fight, ho could return
to Texas with a celebrity that would
make his saloon a perfect mine of gold.
People would ride hundreds of miles to
visit tho place ot tho man who killed
Wild Bill. It was like being the cham
pion heavy-weight slugger of the woild
and traveling with yout own dinmatlc
ttoupo. Tho end enmev quickly. Bill
strode out of the Alamo saloon nnd
stood on tho veranda gazing out Into
tho night, his flguie brightly Illumin
ated by fifty lamps. There wns shout
ing ncross the way, and Phil Cole, ho
knew, hnd stnitcd on an Important dip
lomatic mission Colo emetged fiom
the darkness nt the head of his gang,
revolver In hand.
"Phil, give me thnt," said Bill, de
manding tho revolver.
"Take It then," said Cole, and fired.
Thero seemed to be ono shot, but It
was Colo who fell, while the marshal
of Abilene stood erect with smoking re
volver In his grasp. A painful event
now happened. A figure canio rushing
down the street from the opposite di
rection which Bill, In tho dnikness.took
to bo an enemy. Instantly he fired
again, nnd his most 'faithful deputy,
Williams, who was tunning to his ntd,
fell mortnlly wounded. Tho deputy
cried out:
"Bill, you've shot mo."
Recognizing the, voice, tho marshal
ran ncross tho walk and lifted Williams
In his arms.
"Never mind me. Hill," said the dep
uty, with his djlng breath, "look out
for yourself "
Laving him gently down, tho mur
rhal ordered the ctowd to disperse. He
had "legulated" Abilene, but at fright
ful cost. He boio tho entire expense of
Williams' funeial, but after thnt he
wns never quite tho same, and was
glad luter on to leav e the place.
MISSHD.
Cole was a dead shot, or supposed to
bo. Then why did he miss Wild 13111''
The same question may be asked w Ith
roftienco to many other cases when
'Mead shots" diew on the scout and
failed to hit the maik. These misses
weie to be explained foi th ntost part
as due to nervousness Bveiy man who
drew on Bill, to his face, keenly rea
lized that if he didn't kill Bill. Bill
would kill him. Ills aim wns like the
day of judgment The icallzatlon of
this fact, no doubt, mshed upon a man
nt the crisis and unteadled his arm.
Piostlge like that finally became a pio
tectlon superior to Harvcjlzed nickel
aimor plate. A oar or two nfteiward
Bill was plaiug caids with a sharper
In Cheyenne, Wy , where he was unrec
ognized at first by tho populace. The
fellow cheated and Bill rapped hhn
over the head to make him play ffpl?,
whereupon eveiy one In the saloon
drew his revolver. It looked a kettle
of chaos, with the pistol shots slaying
tho chain lightning, when some one
shouted.
"Look out' It's Wild Bill!"
l'very hand went down, eveiy re
volver sllil Into its pocket, and there
was a rusli to the bar, whore all hands
dtank to tho honor nnd tho gloiy foi
evt'imoteof Wild Bill. The same pies
tlgo he enjoyed, too, among the In
dians, who believed that he was under
the , sneclnl protection of the Great
Spli'lt. When Scar-face Chaille was
wanted for murder, that surly red man
retlted to a eamp of 300 braves of his
rate and deelareel tint he would never
bo taken nllvc. And It was believed
that he who arrested Charlie would
first have to fight tho whole band
Hveiy brave was fully armed when
Wild Bill rode Into camp and called
upon Seal -lace Chat he to go with him
And when Bill left camp, Chaille was
hiibmlsslvely riding nt his side a pris
oner. Stoiies tould bo told again and
again how he killed Black Kettle nnd
also Conqueiinsr Bear In a despemte
bowleknifo duel But there Is litetally
no end to the tales ot Wild Bill.
CUSTER'S OPINION.
Thus fiy tho great stout has been
left to reveal his chaiacter'ln his deeds,
but, lnnsnuich n.s ptevious to his
Abilene expeilenco Bill entered the
l nlted States f-ervlce as an Indian
lighter under Genoial Custer, that gen
el al's description of him may be now
lep'-ated as being the best and most
authoritative that has come to us Gen
tral Custer wiote.
"Among the white scouts were num
bered eorae of the most noted of their
tlabs. The most piotnlnent among
them was Wild Bill. He was a plains
man in ovtiy fcenso of the woid, and
yet unlike every other of his class. In
pel son ho was about six feet, one Inch
In 1 eight, btraJght as the stralghtest
of the watrlors whose implacable foe
lie was. He had broad shoulders, well
foimcd chest and limbs, and a face
stilklngly handsome, a sharp, clear,
blue eye, which staled you straight In
the face when" in conversation; n finely
sh'iped nose, Inclined to bo aquiline, a
well turned mouth, with lips only pnr
tlullv concealed by n. handsome mous
tache. Ills hair and complexion weie
those of a peifect blond. Tho foimer
wns worn In uncut tinglets, falling
cnielesslv over his powerful shoulders
Whether on foot or on horseback, he
wns one of the most perfect types of
physical manhood I ever saw. Of his
coinage there could be no doubt; It had
bean hi ought to test on too many oc
casions to admit of a doubt. Ills skill
In the use of the pistol and llflo was
unerring, while his deportment was ex
actly tho opposite of what might be
expected from a man of his sut round
Ings. It was entliely fiee fiom all
bluster or bravado. He seldom spoke
of himself unless lequcstcd to do so
His conversation, stiangc to say, never
boidered either on the vulgar or blas
phemous. His Influence unions tho
frontiersmen waa unbounded, his woid
wns law; and many are the personal
quaiiels and disturbances which he
has thecked among IiIh comrades by
Ids tdmple annoucement that 'This has
gone far enough,' If need be, followed
by the ominous warning that when
pel slated In or renewed, tho quarreler
'must settle It with me.'
"Wild Bill was anything but a quar
relsome man, et no one but himself
could enumerate the many contlleU In
which he had been engaged, and which
had almost always resulted in the death
of his adversary. I have a personal
knowledge ot at least half a dozen men
whom ho had at various times killed,
one of these being at tho time a mem
ber of my command. Yet In all the
many nffnlrs of this kind in which
Wild BUI performed a part, and which
have come to mv knowledge, thero was
not a single Instance In which tho ver
dict of twelve fair-minded men would
not have been pronounced In his favor.
WILD BILL'S DEATH.
This extraordinary man met his
death by assnsslnntlon In Dcndwood, S,
D In 1876. Tho place was then ns law
less n.s Hnvs city or Abilene hud been,
owing to the Inrush of adventurers to
the Black Hills, and It hnd been re
potted nmong the gamble! s, saloon
keepers nnd desperndocs who wnnted a
few old-fnvhloned killings now nnd
then to keep up the Rood nnmo of the
camp that Wild BUI was about to be
come tho mnrshnl of Deadwood. A low
character nnmed Jack MtCnll under
took tho job of killing him, mnlnly to
nchlevo tho notoriety that would conn
to the man who hnd brought the life of
the Brent frontlersmnn to a close. Bill
was plaving enrds In a. saloon when
McCall, In tl" most cowardly fashion,
ciept up behind him and illscharged
his levolver directed at. the back of his
victim's head. Tmo to the Instinct of
a lifetime tho scout clutched his re
volver and half-rose from his seat to
wreak his vengeance when ho fell
dead.
MtCall wns tried for minder by a
Deadwood Jury. Judge Shannon, who
presided, still lives In South Dakota,
and not long ago related the queer
stoiy of McCalls trial. Tho prosecu
tion showed that It was a cold-blooded
murder, but when McCall nrose to his
defense ho shrewdly played on the only
choid thnt could have Mbiated In his
Interest. He told tho Jury under oath
that ho killed BUI because venrs be
fore, when both lived In Texns. the
scout had abused his friendship and be
trayed his sister. The Jury wctb Im
pressed by the story and returned t!'
curious veidlct that they wero not sure
of McCall's guilt and bo had decided to
give him n. chance for his life. The
prisoner was then led from the court
loom, placed upon a fast horse, with
his pockets full of biead and choose,
and given ono minute's stmt for his
life. All around were excellent horse
men armed with Winchesters and te
volvers who were to pursue and tiy to
kill him as soon ns tho minute was up
It was a most extraordinary judicial
ptoccedlng nnd erudite men will see In
It ii icvival of the medieval practice of
trial by lite, water, etc, to deteimlno
the guilt or Innocence of the licensed.
Tho word given, Wild Bill's mut
deier stinted for his life. Bofoie the
minute was up he began swaying rap
idly to and fio In his saddle to snoll
the aim of his pursuers At the end of
sixty seconds tho fusilade began nnd
like it pack of hounds the hoi semen
leaped forwaid lu pursuit Strange ns
It niny seem, McCall cscnpetl nnd inn
into Wyoming. But within three weeks
he was anested again at Cheyenne by
a United States marshal, who tuined
him over to the mnrshnl In Dakota.
Tiled now by tho United States coutt,
McCall's story of Wild Bill's betir.val
of his sister In Texas was pmved to be
a pure fabrication nnd the follow was
hanged by the government ofllclaK
As tho jeais pass and the epic peilod
to which this remaikable chnractcr be
longed becomes mellowed by the softly
fading glow of distance It Is ai;iaiont
that no Rob Roy nor Alan Brock has
ofteied a moie heroic llguie nor finer
mnteilal for romance. V.heie Is the
American Scott or Stevenson who will
Immortalize Wild Bill?
Looking nt the Future.
Helper "Hadn't wo ought to tilt that
hoo faucet pipe a little, where It goes out
doors, so that the water will run out when
It is shut on for the winter?"
Plumber "What for?"
Helper "Why, then tho pipe wouldn't
fiteze up and buist."
Plumber 'Yes, and then we wouldn't
got tho Job of lixlng It," Somcrville Jour,
nal.
AN ANALOGY.
Oh, de peach twig Is a-bloomin' Jes' ez
gaily ez kin be;
Do big bouquets Is breakln' out all ober
ilAt n r tree.
Wo likes tersee de blossoms; yet dey don't
Intlnhly ult.
An' dem brancnes gotter loso 'em 'fore dey
gits do sho' nuff tiult.
So, 'Rastus, w'ah yoh bestes' clothes an'
Lresh oh ha'h down ctose,
'Case j oh llfo am In Its spring, ob which
yoh wants tor innl'e do nios'.
But keep notlcln' dat peach tree, 'case de
glneral custom is
Dat wodraps do d.coratlons when wo set
tles down tti biz
Washington Star.
If any of e knovrSust cause or impedi
ment why these two persons should not be
joined together in Holy Matrimony, vc art
to declare it, or forever after holcl you'
peace " If phjsicians obejed this solemn
ndmonition in the marriage ceremony and
protested w ith the honest and scientific rca
sons in their possession half of the unhappi
ness, sickness and death in the wotld would
cease to exist. The man or w oman w ho has
developed smptoms of that dread disease
consumption should not marry until cured
Consumption should bar the way to wedded
life. It is a crime to transmit to future gen
erations the death -dealing germs iu the
blood of the consumptive
Many physicians pronounce consumption
an incurable disease. In this they are mis
taken as thousands will testify. Dr Pierce's
ttolden Medical Iliseovery cures oS percent,
of all cases of consumption. It corrects all
disorders of the digestion. It promptly im
proves the appetite and makes it keen and
hearty. It fills the blood with the tissue
building elements of the food, luul acting
directly upon the lungs, drives out all im
purities and disease germs. It makes rich,
pure blood, builds new, firm, healthy flesh,
nnd strong, bpriupry muscles. It soothes
nnd invigorates the nerves, Thousands
have testified to their permanent recovery
from consumption through its use, nller
they were given up by the doctors nnd all
hope was gone. Druggists sell it and noth
ing else is "Just as good "
There cannot be too many good, practical booVi
In n home, llr Pierce's Common bense Medical
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ERIE MEDICAL CO,, a5y:
It Outrivals the
g Ferris .Whe
Giant Steel Seesaw at the Tennesse Cen
tennial Exposition Which "Will Tilt People
200 Feet Up Into the Air.
Prom the New York Tribune.
Tho Tennessee Centennial exposition,
which Is to beheld at Nashville, Tenn.,
from May 1 to November 1, Is not to bo
outdone by the World's fair In the
innttorof an extraordinary engineering
font. It will bo remembered that tho
Fen Is wheel nt Chlcauo was one of
the-Httlklng nttractlons of the exposi
tion, nnd acted ns nn ndvortlslng
scheme of tremendous elllclency. v
In cnstlnc about for a novelty for"
the Tennessee exposition which would
rlvnl or surpass the Fori Is wheel tho
engineer employed by the ptomotors
hit upon th happy scheme of a gigantic
seesaw, to be built entirely of steel,
nnd of a height thnt would surpass the
Chicago enterprise and cause tho Ten
nessee exposition, In this respect nt
least, to obtain a greater fame than tho
Woild's fair.
Tho engineer who designed the giant
seesaw Is A. J. Der, of Nashville Tho
spot selected for the contrlvnncc Is on
"anlty Fair," which Is the name
adopted by the Tennessee Centennial
for what nt Chicago was termed the
Midway Plulsance. The seesaw Is eas
ily the greatest attraction on Vanity
Fair.
Tho foundation Is placed on a terrace
25 feet high. The main support of tho
structuto Is a tower 100 feet In height,
built entliely of steel. Actoss the top
of this tower thero Is swunij a l oc
tangular stool beam 200 feet In length.
On cither end of this hc.ini.ls suspended
a car capable of holding about foity
poisons.
When ono end of the beam Is depiess-
ed and the other lalied to Its greatest
limit tho total height will bo some
what under tho lu lit of tho suppnit
lng tour. This will make tho greatest
height of tho stiuctuie something less
than 200 feet To this must be added
tho height of the ten ace, namely, 2."i
feel A person, theiefore, who take a
lido In this seesaw will be gently lift
ed from the oaith to an elevation of
neaily 223 feet.
These llsutes do not convey a vivid
Idea of tho exuet state of nffalis, and
It will be convenient to compaie this
elevation with the height of several
well-known buildings In Now Yoik.
Tho Hotel Netherland. seventeen
stories, measures 2.'0 feet fiom the
gioiind to tho top of Its mansaul loot,
so that the seesaw will lift ono high
er than this stiuctuie Tho Postal
Railroad Time Tables.
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
Schedule In Uffect November is, iSjS
Trains Leavo Wilkes-Barre as Follows
7.30 a. m week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltl
more, Washington, and for Pitts,
burp; and tha West.
10.15 a. m., week days, for Harloton,
Pottsvllle, Reading, Norrlstown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrisburej, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts,
burp; and the West.
3.IC p. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburp;, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and the West.
3.15 p m., Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
and Pittsburg and the West.
0.00 p. m., week days, for Hazlotoi
and Poltsville.
J. R. WOOD, Oeni Pais. Agent.
J. tl. HUTCHINSON. General Manajer.
Central Kailrnad of New Jersey
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division,)
Anthracite eoal abed exclusively, insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TAULi: IN KFKKCT JAN. 23, 1837.
Trains leave Scranton for Plttston,
Wllkes-Barrc, etc., at S 20. 9 15, 11.30 a. -n ,
12.43, 2 00, 3 03, 5 00, 7 10 p. in. Sundays 9.00,
a, m 1.00, 2 15, 7.10 p. m.
For Atlantic City. 8 20 a. m.
Tor New York, Newark and nilzibeth,
8 20 (express) a. m., 12.45 (express with Hut
fet parlor car), 3 05 (express) p m. Sun.
day, 215 p. in. Train leaving 12 43 p. m.
arrives at Philadelphia, IteadlnK Termin
al. 5 22 p m. and New York 0 00 p. m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allcntonn, Bethle
hem, Kaston and Philadelphia. 8 20 a. m ,
12 43, 3 03, 5 00 (except Philadelphia) p. m.
Sunday, 2 15 p. m.
For Long Hianch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
S 20 a. m and 12 43 p m
For Lakcwood, 8 20 a. m.
For Heading, Lebanon and Harrlsburg,
via Allentown, 8 20 a. m., 12 43, 9 00 p. ni.
Sunday. 2 15 p tn
For Pottsvllle, 8 20 a. m., 12 43 p. m.
Iteturnlng leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North Jllvcr. nt 3 10 (express)
a. m., 1 10. 1.30. 4.15 (express with Buffet
parlor car) p m. Sunday, 4 30 a m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal,
S 00 a. m , 2 00 und 4 30 p. m. Sunday, 6 23
1 u. in.
I Through tickets to all points at lowest
I rates may be had on application In ad
vance 10 too ucitei agent nt me station.
II. P. BALDWIN,
Gen Pass. Agt.
3. n. OLHATJSEN. Gen Sunt
Del., Lacka. and Western,
Lffect .Viouuuy, uctober 13. UM.
Trains leave Scranton as follows; Ex
press for New York and all points East.
1 40. 2.50, 5.15, 8 00 and 9 55 u. m 1.10 and
3.33 p m.
Express for Easton, Trenton. Philadel
phia and the South, 5.15. 8 00 and 9.55 a. m..
1.10 and 3 33 p m
Washington and way stations, 3 43 p. m.
Tobvhanua accommodation, G 10 p m.
Express for Blnghumton, Oswego, El
mlra, Corning, Bath, Dansvllle, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 12 20, 2 33 a. m.. and I 33
P m , making close connections at Buffalo
to all points In tho West, Northwest und
Southwest
Bath accommodation, 9 13 a, m.
BInghamton und way stations, 1.03 p. m.
Nicholson accommodation, 6 13 p m
BInghamton and Elmlra express, 5 63
p. in.
Express for mica and Richfield Springs,
2.3a h m and 1 53 p. m.
Ithaca 2.35 and Bath 9.15 a. m and 1.53
p. m.
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes
Baire, Plymouth. Bloomsburg und Dan
ville, making close connection at North'
umberland for Wllltumsport, Harrlsburg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland und Intermediate sta
tions, G 00. 9.55 a m.. and 1 55 and G 00 p. m.
Nantlcoke and Intermediate stations, 3 01
and 11 20o m Plymouth and Intcrmedlata
stations 3 40 and 8 47 p m
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
Fpr detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc, apply to M. L Smith, city
ticket olllee. 12H Lackawanna avenue, or
dntnt UrtVol n!-
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON TIME
TABLE.
On Monday, Nov. 23,
trains will leave Scran
ton as follows.
For Carbondale 5 13,
7 55, 8 53. 10 15, a. m ,
.00 noon, 1 21, 2 20, S 5J,
6 23, C.23. 7 57, 9.10, 10 SO,
11 rt 11 m
For Albany, Sarutogi, Montreal, Bos.
... ...... i.".;iinni noints. etc. 5 45 a. 1:1.:
twit, ,ivn .o. --
S,ror Honesdale-5.15. 8 55, 10.15 a. m.; 12 00
"Fo"; :Wllke:s5.BPar?e-C.43. 7.45. 8 43. 9 33.
10 a. ni" 12.05, 1.20, 2 2S. 3.33, ni, 6.W.
7.50. 9 30. 11.30 P.m.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
I TnM-h Valley riallroad-C.45. 7.45 a'.' m.;
Telegraph oompnny'K building, nt
Bioadway and Munay street, Is thir
teen stories nnd measures 179 feet to
the top of Its loof. The Corn Exchange
bank, at William nnd Beaver streets,
Is 15S feet high. Tho Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance' building, nt Broadway
nnd Dunne street, fourteen stories, la
181 feet in height. The Downing build
ing, In Fulton btreet, with fifteen stor
ies. Is 179 feet high. The Manhattan
Life Insurance building In lower Brond
way, wheie tho local weather .fore
caster, Mr Dunn, has his olllce, meas
ures'vMO feet to tho top of the roof,
which IffJ few feet higher than tho
seesaw w lll"rtt'jch Tho new Queen's
Insurance milldlW at William and Ce
dar streets, Is 193 fil-l high. The Wal
do! f hotel Is 1S2 feet h(Sti.i the ground to
loof. Tlio Ameiienn Surety, company's
building, which is at presenthe high
est In New Yotk city, not couiltlng tow
ers nnd flagpoles, measures i;P-ifeet.
Tho giant seesaw will teach nearl up
to its top story windows
The view obtained from the top of th,
seesaw Is a lemaikably lino one, and '
will prove of especial Interests to vet-
crnns of tho Into war Ono of tho
sightH will be tho old forts nnd tho
battlefields of Nnshvllle, tho scene of
gient activity dating tho opening
years of tho war Thero will also bo
visible the Belle Meade block fnnn, tho
most famous In tho west, nnd when the
wenther Is clear there can bo had n
view of the Heiniitnge. tho celebrated
mansion homo of Andrew Jackson
The steel constiuctlon Is In chaigeof
the iSchultz Bildge nnd lion compnny,
of Plttbbuig. This company has had
charge of some of tho finest work
tuined out In this countij In the line of
steel rniifett Motion. Their woik is ul
most finished
Tho motor and mnchlneiy are built
ospeclallj for tho seesaw, and, rather
cuilously. are located In tho top of tho
tower, n fact which will enable the en
gineer who urns tho motor to asset t
that ho Is the highest In tho world Tho
mnchlnicry will drive tho beam by
means of cog gearing, operating on two
lntg 23-foot uics.
At the base of tho supporting tower
thero will bo a pavilion whore a band
of music will be stationed, nnd no
doubt ono of the curious sensations ot
a rldo on tho machine will bo to hear
the gradual dying away of the sound
of tho music as the car Uses fiom the
oaith.
12 03; 120, 3 33 (with Biacic Diamond Es
prtsa), ll,3u p. m.
For Pennsylvania Railroad points .45,
9 as a m , 1 . 4 ll p m
For western points, via Lehigh Vnlloy
Itallroad-7 43 a. m , 12 03, 3 33 (With Black
Dmmund Kxpress) 'J 50, 11.39 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranlon at follows:
rrom Carbondalo und tho north ii 40,
7.40, 8 40, 0 34, 10.40 a. m ; 12 00 noon; 103,
1 24, is .'3. 4 il, o u. 7.45, y.45 and 11 J5 p. in.
l'-gm Wllkes-Hnrre nnd the south 5 40,
7 DO, 8 E0. 10 10, 11.53 a. m : 1 10, 2.14. 3.4S,
E 22. t 21, 7 ft. 1 m, 9 4". 11 52 P m.
J W m'nnir-K O P A. Albany. N. Y.
H. W. Cross. D. P. A Scranton, Pa.
LEHIGH VALLUY l'.AILUOAD SYS-
T13M.
Anthracite foal Vned nxcluflvel Insur-
lnB Cleanliness nnd Comfort,
in i:pfi:ct nov 15. uog.
trains leave scranton.
For Philadelphia und New York via D.
A. H R R at G 45, 7.45 a. m , 12 03, 1 20, 3 33
(Black Diamond lAprtss) and 1130 p. m.
For Plttston and Wllkes-Bnrre via. t.
L. & V R R . 6 00, 8 OS, 11.20 a. in , 1.5a
S.40, G 00 and S 47 p. m
For VVhlto Haven, Hazleton. Pottsvllle.
nnd principal points In tha coal regions
via D. S. 11. It. It., U 43 a. in., 12 05 and 4.41
P m.
For Bethlehem, Haston, Reading, Har
rlsburs and pilnrlpal Intermediate sta
tions via I) .v. II R. R. G43, 7 43 a. m,
12 03, 120. 3 33 (Black Diamond Express),
4 41 anil 11 30 p m.
For Tiinkhnnnock. Towanda. Elmlra,
Ithaca, Ooneva and principal Intormedlato
stations via D, L & W R. It., GOO. 80S,
9 5". b m.. 12 JO und 3 40 p m.
Tor Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara
Falls, riilcugn and all points wist via D.
& H R R , 7 13 a. m.. 12 03, 3 33 (Black Dla
mond Express), 3 60 and 11.30 p m
Pullman parlor and sleepInK or Lehigh
Valley chair cars on all trains between
WIll-es-Birro and New York. Philadel
phia, Burfilo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN II WILBUR. Gen Supt.
A V NONNEMACIIER. Asst. Ota
Pass Act South Bethlehem Pa
Scranton OlTlce. 309 Lackawanna avenue.
Lrie and Wyoming Valley.
Effective Jan. 4, 1S37.
Trains will leave Scranton for Now
York, New burgh and Intermediate points
on Erie, also for Haw ley and local points.
At 7.05 a. m. nnd 2.23 p. m ; and arrive from
above points at 10.33 a m and 9.3S p. m.
SOU WIO' DIVISION.
Ill i:tlict October 1 til, ISilll,
North Hound. hontli Bound,
5o3"aoi it voi
s J Stations mP m
g g w (Trains Dally. Kx. '4 2 y
13 v. cept fuuday 1 g IgJ
v mp m vrrlvo Ceavei ia Hi
7 2'iN Y Franklin St. .. , 7 l
.... 7 to West 4vnd street .... T M
.... T10 vveeuawkeu .. 18 10. .
! H'Arrlvo I enrx r jjl
1 isriancoclc .function! TT'S '
10'j Hancock a 1
.. .. U',0 staillsht . 2i
u' 16) I'restou I'ark . 2 3li
U4l' 1 011m . 3 41
10 23 I'ovntcllo 2i
... . iS 11 llelmont 'its'
. vim rieihaut Mt arc
1115K I'nlondale , scb
1149 Forest city I 8 19
... "Oil 31 CnrlKindae 7 04 3 34 ....
.... fo 4fii-u viutenrid.-e ,rru7i8S8
.... t nni'.n .Manida 1:11134a
.... 6 411123 JfrmjU 714 3 45
.... 6 3v 11 is Archibald 70 9 51
.... 63.11115 Win ton T.'J 8M
.... 61BIIH reckvllle 787 3f.
.... 6 231107' OlVlhanC 7SJ 4 04
.... 6 20 1105' FrlcrburS 7 34 4 0TI
.... 6 18 1103 Qlirocp 7t(14 1tt ..
.... 6 15 11 en' rrovliteDCO 7 89 4 111 ..
.... ufl0f.7 rarKP ace 17 41 rl 17
... 6 10,10 58 Hers I) 7 4V 4 21i
r m a i Leave ArrlvftA nr n
All trains run dally rxttot Sundir.
t BlsnlHes that trains stop on signal for ras.
eengers.
toum rates via Ontario & Western belon
Rurchaslng tickets and save money Day iifi
iKht Kipresstoiue ueot
J C Anderson, On Paw ac
T.riltcrott. 1W raw. set "
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