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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-30

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pressure was applied. but the momer--
tum increased each second, and soon
1t became evident that the train was
DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION.
Besides the crew, there were on the
train four young men, L. Pope.
Joseph E. Young, Charles McCarty and
George Walker Realizing that the
crew were powerless to check the speed
of the train, Conductor Watson shouted
for all hands to jump. Pope, Chatter
ton and Watson then left the train and
escaped without scratch; Young and
Walker followed, and both were in
stantiy killed. Mcdonald and McCarty
were the last to leave, and they sus-
tanned severe injuries, for Just at that
moment
TEE TRAIN LEFT The TRACK,
and q second later was q confessed mass,
the wreck being well-nigh If not on
tirely total. Mcdonald and McCarty
were buried under the debris but in
such manner as to be protected from
the crushing weight above them. Will
Watson at once ran to the Fort, dis
lance of over a mile, where he obtained
help in the person of Surgeon Eddy
and several private soldiers, who
at once went to the scene Of
the wreck. equipped with stretch
srs and other appliances. When Mo.
Donald and Mccarthy were released
from their perhous position, it was dis
covered that the former had a bad
wound on his right temple, and face
badly mutilated /; the lslter's right arm
was broken, and he. too, was cut
around the face. Neither were seri-
ously injured, however, and their escap pc
from instant death may be looked upon
as little less than a miracle. As soon as
word could be conveyed to this city q
special train was sent out fer the dead
and injured. Mcdonald and NcCarty
were taken to st. Mary's Hospital,
where they received the beat OF medical
attention. They were in good spirits
when seen last evening, and expressed
themselves as grateful beyond measure
that they bad not shared the fate OF
| Younp and Walker
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-30
Creates an Appetite

NSASOS CAat SFF
al used Hoods Sarsaparilla to cleanse my
blood and tone up my system. 1t gave me a
good appetite and seemed to build me over"
z. NJ. HALE, Lima, Ohio.
al took Hoods Sarsaparilla for cancerous
humor, and it began to act unlike anything
else. 1t cured the humor, and seemed to
tone up the whole body and give me new
life" J. F. NIXON, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Send for book giving statements OF cures.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. 81, six fors5. Preparation
by C. L HOOD CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Hasa
100 Doses Orc Dollar
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
The Real Martha Washington.

Martha Washington, as we read OF
her, was a good deal of nonentity-
or, perhaps, we should say, merely an
addenda to the immortal George. Man
and wife are one is set forth in the
learning and wisdom Of law made by
men for their own advantage, and the
man is the one. This was plainly true
as regards the Father OF His Country.
He stands in history alone; she adds
nothing TO his name or fame. Like
many of the Queens of old, her name
appears in the history of the country.
not from personal talents or eminent
qualities. but simply as the rich widow
whom Washington married, and who
thenceforward sewed on his buttons
and managed the housekeeping at
Mount Vernon in true Southern shift
less style, If all the stories are to be
believed. Tradition has it that when
they lived at home they kept fifteen
cows, and yet had to buy butter, and
that with farm of more than two
thousand acres and several hundred
slaves they could not make both ends
meet in the way of expenses. But
still Martha was a very busy woman.
In her day women did not read and
but very few wrote. 1t is doubtful,
says recent biography, if she ever
read a book through, for reading on
the part OF women was considered
idling precious time away.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
How a Chicago Sleuth Obtained Clio
to MysteriO us Crime.

How a Chicago Sleuth Obtained Glow
to a Mysterious Crime.
"I'll follow him to the ends of the
earth! He shall not escape me-"
The tall, powerfully-built man,
attired in suit of dark blue, who
Kissed these words through his set
teeth stood in the shadow of one
story coal house in dark, noisome.
Philadelphia-like alley, and watched
with widely-staring eyes a figure
moving slowly along down the Hong
Kong district of Clark street.
The watcher was wide awake, and
the saloons had not yet closed for the
night
1t was evident he was not a police
man.
Emerging from the alley he fol-
lowed stealthily the object of his pur-
suit, like a sleuth-hound on track of
its prey. Moving along in the shadow
of the buildings and hating now and
then, but never relaxing for one in
slant his eager watchfulnoss, he kept
his man in sight for nearly an hour.
Down Clark to Harrison, west on
Harrison to the river, across the
bridge to Canal, up Canal to Monroe.
and westward on that street for many
and many u weary block moved this
singular-or rather plural-proces-
sion.
''He little thinks he is followed, !"
muttered the relentless pursuer "1'll
shadow him to his lair now if it takes
till the next centennial!'
At last the man whom he was fol-
lowing halted at a modest dwelling,
opened the gate that afforded entrance
to the little yard in front, and as he
turned to close it his face, plainly Wis
IDLE in the glare of q street lamp close
by, was for one brief moment exposed
to the hawk-like gaze of the mysteri-
Gus pursuer in the dark blue suit, who
had crouched in the shadow OF a friend
ly Indian cigar sign across the way.
The next instant he had disappeared
within the house.
With smothered cry Of exultation
the eager watcher took out note
book and pencil and jotted down a
memorandum. His fingers trembed
with excitement.
II saw his FACET he said, in hys-
terical whisper. II was not mistaken.
And now have his street and number.
At last l am on the trail. II he finds
out any thing about that mysterious
disappearance I'll know just where he
goes to get it. Ha! At last! At last!
He was high-priced detective
shadowing a fifteen-dollar week
newspaper reporter to see if he could
find some clew to the latest mystery
that was battling the entire force
Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
A FRlGlD RECEPTION.


Minister to Washington.
Hadji Hassein Ghooly Khan, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
Tertiary from Persia, is one of the
favorites in Washington society, and
he is very fond of going out and call
ing on the ladies, and is always most
Hospitality received wherever he goes.
That is almost always, for an expert
ence he had last Sunday afternoon
proved that he was not as cordially re-
ceived at one house as has been his
wont in the past Ghooly hhan started
out with the purpose of making
round OF calls. 1t is his custom to pay
his respects TO the ladies of the fash
ionable world on Sunday the same as
ON week days. Sunday being an ex-
tremely pleasant day, his landau was
not brought into use. He walked from
his residence on M street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, in the neighborhood
of Fourteenth street, where the object
of his first call resided. Walking up
the stone steps in an indolent fashion,
he reached the door and rather timidly
touched the electric bell. After linger-
ing some moments, the servant APP
peared, and before Ghooly Khan could
utter a word she shouted out: 1.-THE
ladies are all busy, and can not be
bothered with you now"
WELL said the Minister, complete
ly nonplussed, there must be mis-
take; take in my card"
''Oh! don't worry them now,"
answered the servant not allowing
him to finish his sentence. They are
all about going to dinner and don't
care for any one to see them at this
time-you'd better come again in the
morning; and the side-door is always
the handiest place for such as yez to
call"
| The Minister waited for no more.
The rebuff he had received at the
hands of the unruly servant complete
Iy paralyzed him. He made no more
calls that day, and had about con-
cluded that he had had sufficient dose
of American society. The like of that
greeting he had never experienced be-
fore, and what YVES more, he deter.
mined it should never occur again.
But the next morning every thing
was fixed up quite satisfactorily
and agrseably to all concerned
when tho mistakes and errors had
been cleared away. The servant Of
the house who was detailed to wait on
the door happened to be absent from
his post on that Sunday afternoon
When the Persian Minister'S ring wa
heard. one of the mattresses down
stairs was called into requisition Il
perform the functions of the absen
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
The World and Chance.

How often might man after he had
jumbled set of letters into bag
fling them out upon the ground before
they would fall into an exact poem.
yea, or so much as make a good dis
course in prose. And may not little
book be as easily made by chance as
this great volume of the world? How
long might man be sprinkling colors
upon canvas with careless hand be-
fore they could happen to make the
exact picture OF man? And is
man easier made by chance than
his picture? How long might twenty
thousand blind men, who should
be sent out from several remote
places in our country, wander up and
down before they would meet upon
the Rappahannock and fall into rank
and file in the exact order of an army (:
And yet this is more easy to be imag.
med than how the innumerable blind
parts of matter should rendezvous
themselves into world.-N. Y,
Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Scientist Chevreul is better known
10 fame for his great age thar for ali
his valuable contributions to human
knowledge.
1t is said that Henry George fire.
quently finishes writing IN entire page
for his paper without once rising from
his chair.
Hon. Chauncey M. Depow recent
ly received letter which had been
mailed at Melbourne, Australia,
simply addressed to his name without
further direction, which goes TO prove
what is in name.
The body of William Bradford,
the first United States Government
Printer, and the man who started the
first newspaper in Pennsylvania and
the second newspaper in New York,
lies in grave ten feet from the North
ern entrance to Trinity Church.
Janet Hamilton, the Scotch poet
ess to whose memory Mr.. Glad
stone has helped erect fountain in
her native Langloan, was in youth
wholly uneducated-was married at
thirteen, and was more than sixty
when her first volume of poems was
given to the world.
The Empress of Haru, of Japan,
is an ardent friend of all schemes for
advancing the social and legal stand
ing of Japanese women. She has
literary tastes and writes poetry. 1t
is never published. but appears in
autograph form on screens used in her
private apartments.
Bancroft, the historian, is nearing
ninety, and is losing his memory.
especially for names and faces, as
Ralph Waldo Emerson did in his later
years, and who, after gazing awhile at
the face Of Longfellow as the latter
lay in his coffin, turned to a friend
and observed: HE was sweet and
beautiful soul, but have entirely for.
gotten his name"
There is story told of Mr.. W. D.
Howells TO the effect that on one oc.
casion he attended costume party
wearing the conventional evening cos.
tune of the present, where every guest
was required to appear in the dress Of
enc of the characters in the novels Of
Scott. On being brought to book fol
this irregularity, he justified his gart
by the plea that he did represent one
of the chief characters in Scott. the
often-appearing gentle reader"
Speaking Of Mrs. John Chanler
formerly known as Miss Amelie Rives
the Richmond Dispatch critically OBJ
serves; "Her eyes have been compared
to two great double blue violets, so in
describable is their hue between pur
pie and blue. and the color of her hail
can be only described as that OF bur
nished gold. Her voice is very sweet
and her unspoiled and perfectly nat
ural grace could only be the reflection
of warm and generous heart. which
those who know her best accord t,
her."
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

Not long since prominent New
burg divine was called upon by a wo-
man who inquired II he would marry
her. He answered that he would most
certainly. Shortly after this the lady
again visited him and informed him
that she was ready. The dominic said
very well, and inquired where the
groom was. To his horror the woman
announced that he was the party who
had said he would marry her, and that
she was ready to fulfill her part OF the
contract! OF course, the good minister
explained that he understood she meant
for him to marry her to some other
person. not to take her himself, and
she departed highly indignant.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
HUMOROUS.

The girl who can't play on the
piano, and won't play on the piano.
deserves brass medal, anyway, for
not trying. -Some rville Journal.
Young doctor-"Well. I've got
case at last" Young lawyer-"Glad
to hear it. When you get him to the
point where he wants will drawn,
telephone over. Life.
Mrs. d. Lane (calling)-''Is your
servant girl good laundress?" Mrs.
z. Kay-"Well, no. she doesn't wash
and iron very well. But, oh, she
hangs her clothes out so artistically"
Boston Herald.
An editor in reply to young
writer who wished to know which
magazine would give him the highest
position quickest, advised "a powder
magazine. especially if you contribute
a fiery article"
"A messenger "boy," aged seven
| ty, is in the employ OF the Western
Union Company at Bradford, Conn.
A messenger boy of that age has prob
ably gone on at least dozen errands
in his career. Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The good old times" Georgy,
were the days when your gre at-grand-
father was working fourteen hours a
day to get corned-beef dinner and
pay the mortgage on the farm you
have cut up into city lots. Cincin-
natu3 was a better man than Nero;
but he didn't have so much fun
Puck.
Mr.. Younglove-"Why, my dear
what makes you look so miserablei
Is there any bad news in the paperP
Mrs. Younglove-"N-no, not exactly
bad news; but oh, George, don't you
know of any of our relatives who ar,
in poor health? l never saw sucl
bargains in Grape in all my born days
America.
They had been engaged to b.
married fifteen years, and still he hat
not. mustered up courage enough t,
name the happy day. One evening
he called, in peculiar frame of mind
and asked her TO sing something ten
der and touching, something tina
would ''move him." She sat down a
the piano and sang, Darling. l an
growing ole"
Sermons at Home Real good mai
Ito his minister)-'It seems to me tina
! take cold when in church-used +
warm, dry. sunny rooms, you know
and if you don't object l should Xix
the privilege of having a telephon
attachment made to your desk so tina
when l fear to venture to church ca
at least hear the sermon" Ministe
(delighted) = Certainly. certainly
Have it fixed at any time" Real goo
man (the following Sunday)-"Jasor
what is that talk?" Jason "a valet
THE sermon in your soundin
telephone, sir" oh. forgot Pu
q blanket over ik"-Philadelphi
Record
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
DUE TO MOTHERS.

The Story Told by a "Seif-Made" Man
His early Struggles"
A wealthy business man not long ago
made short visit in his native town,
thriving little place, and while there
was asked to address the Sunday-school
on the general subject OF success in life.
.But l don't know that / have any
thing to say, except that industry and
honesty win the race" he answered
"Your very example would be in
spring, if you would tell the story of
your life," said the superintendent.
"Are you not self-made MANI"
81 don't know about that"
"Why, I've heard all about your ear
ly struggles! You went into Mr.. Wheel
wright's Office when you were only
ten"
$50 I did! So l did! But my moth
CIR got me tho place. AMI while was
there, she did all M washing and
mending, saw that l had something to
eat, and when i got discouraged, told
me to cheer up and remember tears
were for babies"
"While you were there you studied
by yourself ="
'Oh no, lies you, no! Not by my
SET! Mothe heard my lessons every
night, and made me spell long words
while she beat up cakes for breakfast.
/ rem, m5er one night got so dis
courae ed | dashed my writing-book,
ugly with pot-hooks and trammels. into
the fire. and Sc burned her hand pull.
ing t out"
'Well, it was certainly true, WASH
it, that as soon as you had saved lit.
lie money, you invested in fruit, and
10 IAN to peddle it out on the evening
trlinp"
THE rich mans eyes twinkled and
then grew moist over the fun an6
pathos of some old recollection.
YES" he said, slowly, land should
like to tell you a story connected with
that time. Perhaps that might do the
Sunday-school good. The second lot o
apples bought for peddling were
specked and wormy. | had beer
cheated by the man Of whom / bough
them, and l could not afford the loss
The night after discovered they wer,
unfit 10 eat, crept down cellar anc
filled my basket as usual.
"'They look very well on the out
side,' thought, and perhaps none o
the people who buy them will eve
come this way again. I'll sell them
and just as soon as they're gon,
I'll get some sound ones. Mother wa
singing about the kitchen, as came u
tho cellar stairs. hoped to get out o
the house without discussing the sub
ject OF unsound fruit, but in the twink
ling of an eye she had seen and wa
upon me.
"'Ned, said she, in her clear voice
what are you going to do with thos
specked apples7'
'Se-sell them, stammered
ashamed in advance.
"'Then you will be a cheat, and
will be ashamed to call you my SON
she said, promptly. oh, to think 20
could dream of such a sneaking thin
as THAR Then she cried and | cried
and-rve never been tempted to ches
since. No, sir, l haven't any thing I
say in public about my early struggle.
but | wish you'd remind your boys an
girls every Sunday that their mother
are probably doing far more for thel
than they do for themselves. TIE
J them, too. to pray that those dear We
) men may live long enough to enio
, some of the prosperity they have wo
for their children-for mine didn't
, Youths Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

servant. She did so, and on behold
ing the Persian Minister, his dark
complexion dazzled her and she fam
cied he was an ice-cream agent or
something OF that sort Anyway he
did not occur TO her as being fash
ionable caller aud what was more-a
dignitary. 1t was an un fortunate
case of mistaken identity The ladies
OF the house soon learned of the "hor-
rible" manner in which their distin-
guished caller had been received-and
they at oncs made heroic and happily
successful efforts to have the affair set
tied on a basis satisfactory not only
to themselves but to the distinguished
envoy from Teheran. IN. Y. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
On the Road to Prosperity.

Two lawyers meet upon the high
way.
Ketcham-Hello, YOUR looking we'll
and prosperous. What have you
struck?
Cheatam-I don't think I'll tell you.
It's too good a thing to give away.
Ketcham-Last time saw you you
looked mighty seedy. What's your
lay now?
Cheatam-rm working the railroad
depots of Chicago
Ketcham-I fail to grasp the scheme.
CheatNm-Why, it's simple enough.
When through trains stop FOR a few
minutes l arrange divorces for pas
sengers while they wsit-America-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
FEET.

plump little foot, as white as the snow,
Belonging TO rollicking, frolicsome Joe,
In little red SOCK with hole in the tee,
And hole In the heel as we'll.
trim little foot, in trim little shoe,
Belonging to sixteeu-ycar-old Miss Sue,
And looking as II IL knew just what to do.
And do 1t in a way that would tell.
very large foot in homcly array,
Belonging to Peter, who follows the dray,
80 big that 1t sometimes is in its own way,
And moves with the speed OF snail.
All. very big thing Is the human foot,
In dainty-made shoe or la clumsy boot,
SO tits well there are various tastes to suit.
And that fash on can't always prevail.
The plump little foot beautiful sight,
And the trim little foot so taper and slight,
And the very large foot, though much OF
fright
Are travelling all the same road.
And IL matters but little how small or hoy
great,
So they never grow weary OF paths that ar
straight.
And at last walk in at the golden gate
or the city whose Builder is God.
Springfield Musket
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
THE WHELPlNG ICE.
Hunting tho Seal or the Treacherous
Coast of Newfoundland.

Hunting the Seal or the Treacherous
Coast of Newfoundland.
Thousands of seals are found in
patches on the foes, but when one
patch is exterminated the men often
have to wander far from the ship in
search of more prey. and it is then
that their early training in copying
comes in advantageously. Occasion
ally the sealers go eighteen or twenty
miles away from the vessel over the
ice, and in all places it may not be
equally strong. Sometimes the pans
are scattered; then the experienced
copyist will use slab of ice as u raft,
guiding it into the desired position
with his gaff, and so ferrying himself
across the "leads" or open water. At
other times the ''lolly" or "sludge" is
soft, but will bear just ono foot
at time, SO the hunters spring rapid
ly over till they find more secure
pan on which to take breath.
When they have gone far and have
to drag their ''tows" of skin a
considerable distance back to the ship,
it may happen that where the ice has
been all secure on the journey out the
sealers find a gap too wide to jump ly-
ing right in their homeward path. But
even if no floating pans are within
reach, they are at no loss what to do;
the "tows," each containing five or six
sealskins with the blubber attached,
are flung into the water; the blubber
causes them to float and the men use
them as stepping-stones across the
open water. Accidents, of course, oc-
cur from time to time, and men often go
through the 'lolly" or miss their foot
ing and come in for cold bath, which,
considering their filthy condition,
may not be altogether an unmitigated
evil; but It is rarely that any of them
are drowned, as help is always at
hand. Occasionally the whelping ice
approaches so close to the shore that
the landsmen come in for their share
of the spoil, and then even the women
and children eagerly join the scene OF
carnage. In the spring of 1888, at a
place called Belts cove, one woman
secured five-and-thirty seals in one
day, and at Twillingate many women
killed heavy loads of seals, the people
going twelve miles from land on the
ice to reap this harvest. When the ice
remains tightly packed for any length
of time in the bays the seals some
times crawl on to the land, and al
Bonavista Bay it has happened that as
many as 1000 seals have been killed
among the bushes on one of the
Islands. A few years ago the seal ice
came close to the town of st. John s.
and the inhabitants sailed out to real
the benefit. As they went seaward il
The morning some OF the hunters saw
q man with his gun beside him sitting
on hammock of ice not far from the
mouth of the harbor. At his feet lay
dead seal. They went on in quest o
their prey. and walked so far out tina
it was late in the afternoon before they
returned. Happening to pass by Thu
same spot they saw the man still sit
ting on the same humm ock and the sea
lying as before. They went up to him
The man was dead, sitting uprigh
stark and staring, frozen hard as tn
ice on which he rested = Nineteenth
Century