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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-30

or 8, 600 men should continue in their
present employment That is the con-
clusion that the public has reached on.
this question of labor-saving machinery
and its effect on labor.
But suppose, now, that this saving
Genes in a different way. Instead OF
an inventor we have q foreign people
who offer 20 make these hats for us &c
81 apiece Shall we take them2
Our protectionists. who keep up the
Patent Office at Washington. say: Oh.
no. We viii have no psuper made hats
dumped upon this country. You viii
throw labor out ot employment
But a machine-made hat does precise
ly the same thing Why, then. do you
keep up the Patent Oficee
To make things cheaper through the
invention OF machinery.
Then why not make things cheaper
through imporfation2
Oh, Don't You know that cheap
things are no good? Don't you know
that Major Mckinley says: We want
no return TO cheap times in our own
country?" and Congressman Julius
| Cesar Burrows, of Michigan. echoed
this sentiment Of his chief by saying:
Into this race for cheapness the Re-
publican party does not propose to
enter?"
Then your Republican party takes
strange liberties with common sense.
1t passes laws 10 break down foreign
| trade: and it then votes the peoples
money away to subsidize ships in order
that we may have at least some foreign
commerce. 1t will have no American
labor lose employment through the ad
mission of the cheap. pauper made
goods Of Europe" and then it looks on
with encouraging mods when the same
thing IS done by labor-saving machin-
cry What a pretty mess Of inconsis-
uencies your Republican party is. any.
way. 1t Is an old fogy standing in the
way OF human progress 1t praises pro-
lection for making things cheap. and
with the next breath it IS telling US
that cheapness is not TO be desired, and
asking us: Are there no higher consid-
/ aratiOnS9-
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ident the fats could not 60 much fur
ther at the terrific speed they had at
tanned, for they were jumping three
feet clear OF the track. and the only
wonder was. that the couplings held.
Suddenly like flash the head car
jumped the track and the rest followed
like flock of sheep, and with an awful
crash piled up into kindling, burying
poor Weber under the pile. Il came
so suddenly that before 1 could realize
what had happened the wreck was left
behind and we were dashing up the
other grade. For the first mile I could
see no difference in cur speed, and then
the grade began to tell. Slower and
slower moved the train, and half a mile
from the end of the up grade we re-
gained control of it and had to steam to
the top of the hill. As we came to a
stop l looked at the clock in the cab 1t
indicated 7:45. We had left the head
of the pass at 7:O5 and had run forty
nine miles in forty minutes. George
now gave his engine an examination,
but with the exception of the right
wrist-pin she was as cool as could be
expected. Soon afterward the yard en-
CINE came out and helped US back into
the yard, where the train was over
hauled and the cause of the runaway
found. There were only six good brakes
in the entire train of fifty-two cars.
s'As soon as we got into the yard a
party was made up to look for poor
Weber. We were soon at the scene of
the wreck, where half a dozen men
| were already a. work. twas the worst
wreck I ever saw; nothing but a pile of
kindling and the brave fellow was al
most at the bottom. Every one worked
| with will, but it was only after two
hours hard work that the broken and
crushed form of poor Weber was laid
on mattress in the little tent at the
side OF the road. He was still alive,
but died in very short time. Every
| bone in his body was broken. His
mother had arrived in Las Vegas only a
few days before and was sent for. A
special train brought her down in care
of the superin tendent, and there were
! few dry eyes in that crowd as kind
hands assisted the broken-hearted
mother from the coach and over to the
| little tent where lay her only boy.
Mrs. Weber was cared for by the COM
pany, who gave her life annuity. The
| boys took up a subscription and placed
| handsome granite shaft over poor
! Weber, who was buried close to the
wreck. After the inquest and funeral
we went back to Las Vegas and 1 took
| my time. A few mornings after, this is
what l saw in the looking-glass."
| The stranger lifted his hat. The hair
on the front of his head was white as
snow, while the rest was jet black.
What became of the caboose? They
Stacked it down to Canyon siding and
| left it there and then skipped They
were never seen in that part of the
country again."-Detroit Free Press.
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know who We are. and they'll soon ind
out, 1. they como within range. But
don't be afraid, Nellie; VIC can outsail
them"
whats the matter Jabe?" asked the
New Highlander, cooily shaking himself
out of his blanket.
Jabe pointed to the shore. ''What do
you make of them, Eph?' he asked.
keep her away a point CT two." re-
sponded the fisherman; '.:hey can't
overhaul US with this breeze"
The other two men were awake now,
and the women crowded into the hatch
way with pale faces fixed their eyes on
the point of interest I. was evident
that the savages were resolved tc make
their acquaintance, probably taking
them for Frenchmen, and JADE, believ-
ing that to change the course of the
vessel would excite their suspicion, kept
on, trusting to superior speed to prevent
their too near approach.
'.See to the rifles, Eph," he said, ''and
you women go below" The latter
obeyed reluctantly, and the men pre-
pared to fight their way if necessary.
''See if you can find French flag down
there" Eph called down the hatch
way. ''May be the red devils will know
what it means and think we're French
men,"
A French pennon was found and
hoisted to the topmast. where it lut-
tered in the breeze.
''Blast their red hides!' Huttered
Jabe. They're not satisfied
''No, nor they won't be till they get a
| dose of lead said Eph. ''See, they're
| hosting their blankets for sails"'
It seemed as if the frail barks would
capsize under the pressure of the broad
sails: but thew carried for ballast five
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batteries and spoke words of encourage
ment to the men, who in their turn
worked at the guns as cheerfully as if
they hoped to repulsc the enemy.
AT noon, Mercer, after consultation
with his officers, resolved to make an
attack on the enemy in the woods, and
If possible drive them back and spike
their guns. It was forlorn hope, and
Colonel Lyman, who was to command it,
asked for volunteers, when the entire
garrison responded. He selected two
hundred men from New York and New
England besides Brant and his Mo-
hawks.
AS every thing depended on the sud-
denness and force of the blow, Mercer
concentrated his fire on the point of
attack, and under it's cover the little
column advanced in silence at the double
quick step.
They were enabled to approach very
near the battery, the guns of which
were elevated at an angle above their
heads to strike the parapets of the fort,
which suddenly ceased firing, and with
a cheer the devoted band rushed upon
the foe, leaped slight breastworl,
which the confident Frenchmen scarce
1y deemed necessary for defense. and
drove back or killed the, gunners and
spiked the cannon.
The battery silenced, Lyman made q
dash at another in the rear and sue.
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a DEAD "GiVE AWAY"
4 Protectionist Organ Gives Away an line
portant Secret

n frotecDOn1St Organ Gives Away an luNF
portsnt Secret
The New York Press of which that
high priest Of protection, Robert
p. Porter, was editor before he was
appointed to make a botch of the CEN
sus, has made singular admission for
q protectionist organ 1t says in regard
to the Mckinley check on English trade
with US:
The Mckinley bill hrs stopped exporta-
tions to this country Of certain large lines OF
manufactures, in which Germany and Bel
gium were competitors of the English in
this market The Germans and Belgians,
being also cut on from This market, are
flooding England with their goods. being
able to undersell the English in England be-
canse Of an advantage in the price of labor
Do you mean what you say2 Do Soa
admit that wages are actually higher in
England than in Germany and Belgium
And England is free trade country,
and Germany and Belgium have high
protection Viii some good protection
ist tell US why protection has not made
wages higher in these countries than in
| free trade England?
Last winter Mr. James Gillinder, aAigh-
! ly protected glassware manufacture
of Philadelphia, went before Mckinley
TO ask for still higher protection against
Germany, because, he said 81 do not
want TO see our we'll paid labor put on
| the same footing with those who are
said to get meat only once a week I"
| During his examination the following
dialogue took place:
/ MI Flower@eome stateme Mt has been
made the efficiency OF the Gerzaan
! labo-2
| Mr. GillinGer-1 have not been in Germany
myself, but my brother visited THERE and
was very much astonished by the skill and
! Quickness displayed by the German glass
/ blowers
MI McNillin-Does not your competition
| come more from Germany, where they have
| protective tariff, than from England,
| where they have not2
| Mr.. GlIlinder-I think that is true. The
/ reason for that Is that labor In England is
as two to one in Germany Where cork
| man gets SIP in England he gets Sc in Ger
many
| Mr. McMiIlin-And yet Germany is 70
I tected and England is not
And after making such fatal admis-
sions as these the New York Press and
Mr.. Gillinder continue the old cry that
protection is necessary to keep up
wages, What do protectionists believe
about wages and protection, any way9
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or six men each, and danced over the
short curling waves like flock of water
fowl. They were making for pointex-
actly in the course of the fugitives.
1--WE must take the risk, boys, and
run right through Them" said Jabe, res
olutely, land if the breeze holds an
hour longer we'll outsail them"
Give me the helm," said the fisher
man.
"All right, you know moro about
steering than I do" responded Jabe:
land now lads, lay low and don't waste
a shot"
The Indians. having gained their posi-
ton, lowered their sails and awaited
the approach Of the gun boat, unwilling
to fire while they had a doubt Of its
nationality. Eph surniSed the cause
of their quietude, and gesticulated
wildly with his disengaged hand after
the supposed manner of Frenchmen,
and shouted out his small vocabulary of
French and Indian words without re-
gard to their fitness, until within few
yards distance of the nearest canoe, he
suddenly put down the helm and dropped
fat upon the deck. The obedient craft
swerved instantly from her course and
struck the canoe obliquely, turning 1T
completely over. A yell from the as
tonished redskins and random volley
of bullets, which. by reason of the Gle
walton of the deck of the gunboat t,
| passed harmlessly over its PROSTATE oc-
cupants. The bark resumed it's course,
leaving the redskins to pick up their
half-drowned brothers, and was soon be-
! yond the range of their guns. Don't
| fire at them," commanded Jabc. eve
haven't got ammunition to spare
They're getting ready to follow Us,
said Eph. They've righted the canoe
and are hosting the blankets again"
eff the wind holds till shutdown
we'll reach the ST. Lawrence river, and
find a hiding-place among the islands
Yes, you may come out now, Nellie
added Jabe. ''We are safe enough now
Eph held up his hand. 1.-The wind is
| failin g. he said.
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handfulS of lilies"
CHAPTER XIV.
. NAVAL VICTORY.

A gentle breeze waited the fugitive
gun-boat far from the beleaguered fort,
and when the cannon announced the
dawn of day with their iron lips, only d
dull reverberatiOn reached the ears of
the Steersman, who alone watched the
fading stars.
AS the first sound struck his ears, a
tinge of color came into his pale face,
and something like a groan burst from
his lips. Il feel like a deserter," he
muttered, land if it wasn't for the sake
of the women and children. wouldn't be
here in safety while the Frenchmen are
pounding the fort to pieces"
AS the sun came up the wind in
creased, and the vessel dashed on, pro-
PEELED by her foresail and jib. She was
running along the southern shore in an
eastern direction. while Jabe, who had
relieved the New England man at the
helm, was keeping watchful eye on
the wide expanse of water for an en-
envy.
The weather was very warm, and
his male companions were asleep on
deck with their blankets around them.
to protect them from the heavy dew.
LET them Sleep" muttered Jabe;
Its good for them, and sign that
they've got no fever. But where to
steer for, 1 can't decide for myself, and
there's no hurry about it as long as the
enemy is engaged somewhere else. Yes,
Nellie, all safe so far
This remark was addressed to his
wife. whose head appeared above the
| hatchway. ''What sound is that,
Jabe?" she asked. as the dull boom of
| the distant cannonade reached her ear.
'It's the French pounding the old
| fort,r he growled between his teeth.
'sAnd what's that moving by the
shore yonder?' she cried, in sudden
| alarm.
Jabe, following her glance, saw sew
eral objects on the shore and in the
water ahead of them, which he soon
made out to be human figures. Red
SKINS" he muttered, land they're get
ting into their canoes. They want to
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every moment At Canyon siding was
a gravel bank where the gravel traia
used to load up between trains. and in
loading, the fiat cars stood on the main
track just below the switch. What my
feelings were as we neared the end of
the canyon and shot around the last
curve into the straight track can not
describe, for there on the main line
stood the gravel train of seven cars and
the engine nowhere in sight We after
wards learned she had gone back to
the junction for water while the cars
were being loaded. This they had
plenty OF time to do, according to the
tlme-card. but we were nearly an hour
ahead of time. The flats were left in
charge of young man named Weber,
new arrival from the East As soon
as he saw US coming he jumped on the
cars and let off the brakes, and the cars
began to move at rate that soon un-
loaded what gravel they had on board.
On dashed the flying freight train. past
the gravel bank and the group of fright
ened laborers, while half mile ahead
the flats were skipping along with the
speed of an express train. Weber was
holding on TO a brake wheel, once in
awhile looking back at the train that
seemed to pursue him like fate.
The six miles to Lamy junction
were covered in less than as many min
utes, and we rushed like a cyclone
through the yard and past the side track
where the work train engine had sought
safety not five seconds too soon The
fats were now about one hundred yards
ahead. About two miles below the
junction was rise in the grade of
about eighty feet to the mile. The
length of the grade was about three
miles, and we had strong hopes, if
nothing happened, of stopping her by
the tine we got to the top. 1t was ev-
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An Universal Wish.

Tranquility is the wish of all; the
good, while pursuing the track of vir-
tue, the great while following the star
of glory, and the little, while creeping
in the styes of dissipation, sigh TO.
tranquility, and make it the great OBJ
ject which they ultimately hope to at
tain. How anxiously does the sailor.
when tossed on tempestuous seas, cast
his eyes over the foaming pillows. and
anticipate the calm security he hopes to
enjoy when he reaches the wished-for
shore Even kings grow weary OF their
splendid slavery. and mobiles sicken IN
der increasing dignities. All, in fact,
feel less delight in the actual enjoy
ment of worldly pursuits, however great
and honorable they may be, than in the
idea of their being able to re1inQu ish
them and retire to
Some calm. seQuestered spot,
The world forgetting, by the world forgot"
N. Y. Ledger.
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CHAPTER XIV
PROJECTS AND RESULTS


Mile. DeStain would have followed
Ariel had she not feared to compromise
his safety. She therefore resumed her
place on the bear skin which formed her
couch and awaited the course of events
But the feeling of despair which lay so
heavily on her heart gave place to one
Of joy and gratitude at the thought that
her existence was known to those who
would dare all things to effect her res
cue. Her reveries were interrupted,
however, by the announcement of the
squaw that Lemourier had arrived and
the next moment the tepec was illumin-
ated by a torch in the hands of the ne
gro, and the captain of scouts stood in
the entrance regarding her with grim
smile of triumph.
II trust madamoiselle likes her
quarters" he said, ironically, land if
they are not as commodious as those of
Nine. Chevreul, n1adamoiselle must re-
member that soldiers bride, like him
self, should submit gracefully to incon-
venience.''
Ninon regarded him silently, with an
expression which reminded him of her
aunt at their last interview.
''Parbleur' he exclaimed fiercely,
with a gesture as if he was about to
strike her. ''Do you think it will be
safe to defy me? Am one of your vas
sails like De Barzac? Undeceive your
self, madamoise11e. I am not your lover,
but your master. You will marry me in
the morning. The priest is here and
the bridal party waiting" he added, with
harsh laugh.
Ninon regarded him scornfully. ssYou
are coward!'' she said in low tone,
but it touched every nerve in his body.
The blood rushed to his face and a
murderous light shone in his eyes. He
made a stride forward and struck her
across the face with the back of his
hand His savage temper being aroused,
ne might have used further violence,
but the squaw pushed herself before
him.
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who so far had taken no apparent inter-
est IN the stories told by the boys. -
quit several years ago, after some years
of hard work, for was firing, and you
ali know that's no child's play. I amt
ashamed to say that our trip took all
the am bition out of me. / was on the
Santa Fe road, running between Las
Vegas and Wallace, and part of our run
was over the GlOrietta mountain, the
pass by which the road crosses the
Rocky noun tains. From the top of the
pass to Lamy junction was forty-fve
miles, and the grade 1S5 feet to the mile
The road is carried through canyons
and along the mountain side, and in no
place is there a quarter of a mile of
straight track until you get down to
Canyon siding. From there to the
junction is six mifes of pretty straight
track, but the same heavy grade. There
was no air. brake on fret light cars in them
days, and the boys used to have to set
'em pretty tight to keep from going
down too fast. Any of you been over
that part of the road ?'' and the speaker
looked inquiringly at his audience.
81 have" said tall, powerful-look-
ing brakeman, land would not care to
twist on that mountain. It beats any
thing ever worked on. and I've been
on some tough mountain roads"
at was in the winter" said the
stranger, resuming his story Il was
firing for George Young. Our engine
was heavy twelve-whee1er. and to her
great weight alone / attribute our es-
cape. Freight traffic was very heavy
on the road at this time and nearly
every train was in two sections. We
| would run two sections to the top of the
hill, and then one engine would take
both sections down the mountain. On
the day of which i speak we left Las
| Vegas before daylight, pulling the first
section of heavy train, and made it all
right to the head of the pass. We were
the first train over the road that day and
| about two inches of snow had fallen, so
the track was pretty slippery. When
| the other train had arrived we made the
| two sections in one and were ready for
/ our trip down the noun TIA in. The other
engine helped us over the pitch of the
| hill and then ran back to Los Vegas.
We had hardly got over the hill
when the train began running
pretty fast and George whistled
| for brakes while 1 set the tank brake
as hard as 1 could. We could see the
three brakemen doing their best to
check the train, but their efforts were
of no avail, for when three miles from
the top of the hill we were running
forty miles an hour and could do
nothing to check our headlong speed.
Just below the Wylie bridge is curve
and then we saw that the caboose was
gone. Seeing they could not check the
train, the brakemen had crawled back
to the caboose and pulled the pin, thus
severing their connection with the
train, knowing that they could soon
| stop the caboose with the powerful
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ON A FAST FREIGHT.
The Wild Trip of a Heavy Train
Down a Grade.

ACH man settled
b ack into his
seat. and the
boys began their
y a n-spinning.
Railroading was
the subject, and
each had some
thing to say of
terrible wrecks
or hair-breadth
escapes.
81 railroaded
some myself
said a stranger
sitting over by
4h Annr and
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-Alpha-'I was talking with Comus'
wife the other night, and do you know
that she has a great head?" Omega
Eyes; aud if you had talked with
Comus himself the other morning after
the banquet you would have discovered
that he had a great head. too."--Norris-
town Herald.
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ITO BE CONTINUED. I

A NEW ORLEANS co1Ored clergyman
was barber originally. After he was
ordained his first duty was to baptize
child. Wetting his hands in the water
bowl he laid them on the child's head,
and then, his mind reverting to his old
calling, he began rubbing the head Wig
orously, and turning to the astonished
mother, said: stShampoo?"
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-Stranger-''Pm very glad to have
met you. and would be pleased to have
you call on me at your leisure" Editor
Leisure? What's that?"-N. Y. jour.
nal