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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

make in comparatively clear weather,
not to speak of doing it on such day
as that. when a slight miscalculation
might land ones craft on top of the
low breakwater on the long piers.
And during all the time, the .clarlll.
clanl<l clankr' of the pumps sounded
above even the breaking water at the
bow of the pitching. reeling yacht. in
anything but cheerful way
When the patent log registered ten
knots sailed, Fred drew me toward
him.
THE last cast brought up some
biick-dust and clay from the bass
ground off -Four mile creek, in five
fathoms,, he exclaimed eXcitedly Go
forward and listen for the fog-bell
I'm keeping her west by south, and so
far SO good. / guess wen get her in
o. X
Barrels of green water were coming
aboard, and the lee bufwarks were hid
den from time TO time in the white
smother. The deck sloped like roof. I
had some difficulty in forcing my way
forward
Clinging TO a soaking wet fore
shroud l waited to hear the ''clang''
of the bell on the pier end
BY this time the tallow in the end
of the lead began to bring up sand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

snow shoe or skee is a common means
of locomotion.
The slIee differs widely from the ordi-
nary snow shoe seen in Canada and in
some parts of our country Instead of
q frame filled in with net work, like a
tennis racket, through which the parti-
cles of snow readily sift, the slee con
sists of one narrow runner a dozen feet
in length, with the front turned up like
that of a sleigh. 1t is showed forward,
somewhat after the manner of a skate,
and. the bottom being very smooth, a
man with d little practice can attain a
good degree of speed. In making the
descent of n mountain side. it is often
necessary TO put on the brake. This is
simply a long pole, which is placed be
tween his knees, with the lower END
pressed into the snow. BY bearing the
row in the snow between the skees, and
unless the momentum is very great
speedily brings halt.
Last winter. when the snow lay fully
five feet deep on level in Colorado, Olaf
Ericsson, a Norwegian youth of Is wears.
but as sturdy and powerful as full-
grown man, left his home early in the
morning to 20 to the top of Bear Ridge
to learn what prospect there was Of trap
ping and shooting the fur-bearng ami
mails
1t was about eight miles to The crest
of the ridge, and since he started early
in the morning. with a lunch to serve
him at midday, he expected to be al his
home by sunset.
OF course all the labor Of the journey
lay in getting 20 the top OF the ridae
When he should face about on his re-
turn, gravity would bring him back in
a few minutes. Indeed, Olaf had once
made the descent in a little more than ten
minutes.
1t was A prodigious task though. T.,
work his way TO the top of the ridge
Tners h:sd been slight thaw q couple
Of days before, followed by freeze which
resulted in making the surface Of the
snow almost rs smooth as ice, REPEAT
eddy the youth found himself slipping
backward and the brake was applied
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THE LAST OF THE ",IAscoT.y
a Iscminisccncc-By Conyers c. Con-
verse.

verse.
The surf could be heard dashing
against the iron-bound coast in hol-
low, booming roar. through the shore
itself was completely hidden from view.
In fact the fog had thickencd so
much that there was not a spot on the
little catboat Mascot" that was not
covered with beads of the condensed
vapor.
Although it was rather nasty day
for a craft of the little Nascots age
and size to be out buffetting thes wells
of old Lake Erie, twenty miles from
home, with only d terribly lazy dry
card compass TO steer by, that might
have been used aboard the Law
renee by Commodore Perry. in 1872,
by all the magic strength that remain
ed III its poor poles. Yet OH. little YES
sci made fair weather of it, with two
reefs tied down in her canvas. Her
boom Was well topped up TO clear the
big fellows. and, as we perched our
selves on the windWard rail. Fred at
the tiller, at the Sheet, we felt pref
~ certain we could get in behind the
piers without carrying anything away,
if the breeze did not freshen much more
or dVaw around ahead
Those were delightful days. l have
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which meant that we were fast near
ing the peninsula which forms the
natural harbor at Erie
| began to grow nervous.
The atmosphere was just as OPAQUE
as before. and the leak as fast becom-
ing worse
But still l had considerable conf
dence in my chum.
Then, suddenly the dull stroke Of
the fog-bell came across the wateri
nave never heard Patti sing
sWeeter note than that sounded to my
straining ear. that afternoon
me reddish brown object that we
SHORTY Shded by, and nearly over,
Was SUI more welcome. 1t told us our
exact position, down 10 a nicely 1t
was the big can-buoy which marked
the outer end of the dredged channel
which led between the piers, and
which had to be rounded on the star
pord hand by vessels coming up or
down the lake and entering the harbor.
Fred hardly changed our course so
Emuch as the fraction of d point
Then. as we staggered on over the
seas, III our almost water-Iogged con-
ldition. the beacon tower. its pier and
the changing bell came in view They
seemed like spectres, ia the heavy at
lmosphere The madly tumbling waves
broke completely over the long pier
For a moment or two the little
Witch labored severely. as she plunged
into the chop and cross-sea at the
pier-ends.
But hex canvas pulled her through
it splendidly; and we were soon in un-
broken water
Past Keeper Clark's little white
house and the larger, picturesque
building of the United States Life
Saving service. we went
Rounding the inner range light. Fred
beached the Witch in smooth water
land on the soft sandy bottom OF
Misery bay.
His Job of plotting was done, and I
Icould see him breathe a sigh Of relief.
The yachtsman who had alluded to
Fred as the infant" patted him on
amount of praise-and my chum de-
served it all. He had richly earned
the hundred dollars.
But when we came to look over the
stern. for the Mascot, and bring her
along side. in order to sail over to
the city-we found her missing.
Fred looked at me- looked at Fred.
Then we drew in the frayed and
broken hemp cable sorrowfully-
The Mascot's loss. however. was, no
doubt a blessing in disguise tremble
now. when / think of the times we
tempted Providence on the lake in the
little butter-bottom. Mr.. Hoskinson
was so generous as to add her cost to
the sum of Fred's hire as pilot, when,
on a later securing Of the beach,
down the shore, disclosed only bit
of her transom, with the novice
painted name upon it, of
MASCOT, ERIE"
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bling and a host of minor evils. His
popularity increased among the men
IN proportion to his bad record among
the officers.
At the end of a year, Tom Rallies
was considered the worst scapegrace in
the rcgiment--in all India, some did
not scruple TO say. Half his time was
spent in the gllard-house. or doing eX
ira duty. More than once he tried to
reform. but failed Then he became
reckless, and took life on the fatalist
theory.
In three years he served at as many
different military stations. Then the
heavy battery-for Tom was q gunner
was transferred to Lahore, away up
in the Punjab. There were rumors of
a revolt among the Black mountain
tribes. and the prospect of active ser
vice led Tom TO make another resolu-
ton of good behavior. At first two
things We're in his favor. The canton
ments We're three miles from the en-
ticing city of Lahore, and the ap-
prOaches thereto were closely watched
The officer, under whose command
The battery now came was Colonel
ratford. d rigid martinez but withal
n just man. His affections were CEN
tered upon his 17-year-old son BERTHE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

He Was VI Boys Hero, After ALL
by William Murray Graydon.

When Tom Rallies took the queens
shillings at st. Georges barracks in
Trafalgar Square. and found himself
duly enlisted for Indian service, he be-
lieyed THAI his career was made.
He pictured the day when he would
return TO his native Norfolk village,
wearing an officers uniform and the
Victoria cross. This was a foolish
dream. but the tNenty-nine years had
been srent entirely in the country.
Tom was a genial fellow, with many
good traits. and the blind bravery Of a
Ghazi fanatic. Under different circum-
stances, all that was best in him might
have come to the front But he went
10 India in a time of peace. The Bur-
nese invasion was recently over, and
even the turbulent hill tribes were
quiet. There seemed nothing TO do but
stagnate or take what offered in the
way Of recreation. The former was
impossible to a man Of Toms tempera-
fnent. He fell among bad companions,
and became addicted TO drinking, gam
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
AN EIGHT-MILE SLIDE.
An Adventure on Norwegian skces-
BY Edward S. Ellis.

Many portions of the west and north
west are settled by Norwegians Swedes
and emigrants from other cold countries
of Europe. These hardy, industrious peo-
pie bring with them the habits. customs
and manners of living of their native
land. and there are villages where a word
of English is rarely spoken. 1t is as if
a section OF. the Scandinavian peninsula
with it's people had been dropped into our
country bodily.
In these regions where the snow lies
to a depth of several feet for months
at a time, and where it often drifts high
enough to cover house, the Norwegian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Is needed of the merit of Hoods Sar-
saparilla than the hundreds of letters
continually coming in. telling of mar
gelous cures it has effected after all
othr remedies have failed? Truly,
Hoods Sar5aparilla possesses peculiar
curative power unknown to other
medicines.
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when the brute is charging. holding it
rigid with all the power at his command.
His charge was like the beai of an iron
hpnbled right ana left from his path,
kue2i.ed sensclcss by the terrific IMPACT
The neSt instant the youth WAS shooting
below them. Indeed, so great WIS his
spee,t that within ten minutes he kicked
off The siSees and catered tire door of his
Own homo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Ladies are especially invited to at
tend our musical soiree-given under
the leadership of Prof. Willard Weihe
on each Tuesday and Friday evening.
from Z to $50 o'clock. J. II. Leyson
Company, leading jewellers.
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Regularly ordained and licensed min
listers, or ministers who engage solely
in religious work. who desire half-rate
permits for 1894 over the Burlington
route lines, should apply on or before
Jan. /, to the undersigned.
W. F. NJ MILAN
General Agent. Burlington Route, Salt
Lake City. Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Hoods Pills cure constipation by re-
storing the peristaltic action of the
alimentary canal. They are the best
family cathartic. 131
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Walter L. Price s Co.

Continental Market Stalls and II.
vegetables, fruits and poultry. We
make these three lines Of goods a
speciality. Give US 4 trial.
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Route Clerical Permits
for 1894.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-30

Mr.. Blaine had a great deal OF humor
and a very incisive wit. Chauncey NJ.
Depew tells a story illustrating his
quickness and his fondness for a joke.
During Mr.. Blaine's canvass in
1884," says Mr.. Depew, ~ had arranged
a special train for him, which was to 20
through the State, stopping at all the
principal stations. He asked me to go
with him TO entertain the crowd after
he had made the candidates. speech,
which he prepared for each place as le
went along. We stopped at Yonkers,
Tarrytown and Sing Sing, and as we
were approaching Peekskt1l, he said,
'Chauncey, what is there about this
placer Isaid, I was born here
"'Well,' ho said If | had known that
II has slipped my memory
~ said, Yes, I have lived here for
several hundred years, through my fore.
fathers When the train stopped l
stepped forward to introduce Mr.. Blaine
to the three or four thousand people
who had poured out from the toundries
and had come down from tho farms to
greet him. He waved mo to one side,
and stepping. to the front, said; Eel
low citizens, IT 10 my place to make the
introduction here. For the past twenty
odd years, as l have sailed ia the steam.
boat up your beautiful Hudson or have
been carried along OF tho car Of this
great railroad, the most interesting spot
TO me has been the village Of PeeksEill.
/ was always reminded that 1t was the
birthplace Of my friend and your dis
tingulshed fellow townsman, ChaunCey
Depew,'"
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"Gath" says OF Mr.. Blaine's fortune:
He was not we'll off when first elected
speaker, hut he took q house BETTING
his station, and there | saw him provi-
IDENTIFY assist the butler with tho wine
for q press reception.
In the time OF general jobbery, with
land grant railroads absorbing great
domains, all that was brought against
him was q miserable parcel Of Fort
Smith stock, while jurist senators were
taking the public time to argue railroad
and patent cases under the roof OF the
capitol for lordly fees.
He made no money until alter Gar
fields death, when his reputation drew
him into some mining and Virginia
railroad operations. Mr.. Eikins told
me that had he been reared to business
he would have been q great business
man. Mr.. Henry Davis said that when
Mr.. Blaine built his house at Washing.
ton he became so embarrassed that
Davis went and borrowed some money
for him to see him through.
Men who in cabinet places turned
over to their employers kingdoms OF
the public land newspaper correspond
ents who became miilionatres on secret
and early information shrank from the
man OF similar faculty, whose nervous
apprehenslons led him TO write "burn
this letter." q thing OF no moro account
than when he has said to me after long
and hearty talks; Now, l never want
to SEQ one word OF this in print"
think his timldity was abnormal,
and invited SANDERS and suspicious,
but he investigated no man aud ques-
toned no mans right to his own con.
science and acquisitions. The testi.
mony Of private correspondence is the
testimony OF q receiver Of stolen goods,
and domestic correspondence could con-
denim Carlyle or Washington or Will.
lam the Silent.
Blaine's greatest ofrense was being
worthy OF the Presidency, and having
the popular charms and talents. Said
Justice Miller to me after Hayes had
beaten him: "fhese popular conven.
tons are packed to reject a man whom
everybody wants for a man whom no.
body wants, and when I see Hayes pre-
ferred to Blaine / think conventions
ought to have had their day."
The three trimming times OF Blaine's
life were when he delivered the Garfield
grafton, elected Harrison, and sat at the
head OF the Pan-American Congress.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-30
ARoUT RlAINE.

I'D
Wa His Death ForetoldS-scspes in Hir
carosr-HaYipg Fun with Dcpew-His
Fortune,
A singular story regarding Mr. Blaine
is being told, says the Washington cor
respondent Of tho New York Hraa, 1t
Is to this effect; "Four years ago some
Of his friends told him about a remark
ablo astrologer, This seer had impaired
TO them, so they said, some remarkably
truthful statements Of their past lives,
OF course they were unable TO say
whether bis prophecies regarding the
future would DO borne out BY the facts,
Nevertheless, they were very much inn
pressed with the knowledge displayed
by this caster OF horoscopes,
and, animated by q spirit OF
curiosity, Mr.. Blaine, so tho story
goes. called upon the wise man.
"ME, Blaine regarded the matter in
the light OF a Joke and was in a iovial
frame OF mind. The astrologer consult
ed many books. Tie entered into a &C.
ries OF apparently abstruse calculations,
and among other thiuea said that Mr..
Blaine would die in the year 1903, and
thought that the event would occur on
or before January 81, Mr., Blaine re.
peated at least this much Of what was
told him,
"This story was told mo two weeks
ago. 1t was then and had been for
some days in active circulation in GER
tain circles, The entire incident ia to,
day the source of much wonder and
der and comment among tho people
familiar with the story"
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Getting Rld Of a bore.

Reuben Loyejoy, who for thirty yoars
was head porter OF tho Fifth Avenue
hotel, relates All incident which occur.
rod on one OF MI. Blaino's visits.
"0ncO q man stayed In Mr.. Blaine's
room an endless length Of time,n said
Mr. LovejoY land by and by, calling a
boy, tho secretary sent q card to mo,
which read this %wayi--'Come Up and
get me out Of this am being talked
10 DEATH
II won't up and knocked at tho side
door and said to Mr.. Blaine, THAT geuS
tluman 10 still In the parlor, sir, but Ito
says no ean't walt any longer 80 no
excused hlmselL
brought him q tough steak ho didn't
curse about Ii. ffo Just ate what no
could and Loft tho rcSt and said moth
ih0N
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Ono who processes to know tells this:
"Mr. Blaine was absurdly supersti-
tious. II tho party at the dinner table
numbered thirteen, one Of them was
dismissed, or, when the children were
small, tho nurse was called in. The
Blalaes attended the Congregational
church at Augusta, Of which Mr.. Blaine
was a member. His old pastor, Rov.
Dr.. James II. Ecob, now Of Albany,
wrote a bright letter In tho campafgu Of
1884 certifying tho connection OF tho
family with his, former church. MIR.
Blaine belonged to no clubs in Washing.
ton. Ho was FREQ from the suspicion Of
vices. great and small,n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-30

CHICAGO, Jan, 2a-The wheat market at the
start was excited and wild on rlmors that the
pig Hldahy, CLIQUE was about 70 dump ~ elg
holdings, Everybody seemed to have wheat for
sale Ut tho tap Of the belli longs made haste 70
unload before the bottom went out and short
sellers were frantic to get out, short lines before
tho great break WIS on. IN The excitSinent the
when the liquidation having been very tlor-
ought there was a halt and the painting traders
stopped to take breath, and the sellers were con;
graduating one another on having got tin OF
IhGir wheat. But their sclf'complaeoncy got u
sudden shock when nearly q dozen we'll Known
brokers OF the clique jumped into tho pit and
began to take allthe wheat that was offered. The
market ruled fevertsh and irregular toward the
close,
Corn and oats averaged strong but quiet within
a narrow range.
Provisions after al early decline started up
aud closed strong. MARCH, pork reaching the
sensational price OF so a BARREL
Flour unsettled and dull
WuEAT-Cash Mo- spring 72Nc; No. 9 spring
GlaG7O: No. . red 72tsc; January ,REa1S14GI9Nc;
May TISa1SaTTkc; July TGTa1s{aT7hc.
41 SSaSF FSssaal ~ 4la 4 ss Sfj1s s9nSSS a9 ssSs &ts$ss
6Srs-cash No. 2, sic: january sO1laslu
S8o5lci February Sl1SaalAaslHci May S4sS5Ia
RYE-No, 9, CSC.
DARLEY-No. 9, Gle.
TiMoTuYEEED-&iM
MISS PoRk-!CaSh SIS 9!lSalS 80: January SO lVa
~ OS SnGaS:h NAY sy w A. ai JS%Sa gyat si " $Sa11 c7,Sa
p = Eos -Iiaaan,glaaaE w h1tA "2SH
II W.; nIaS ~ osS9hhl az Sa ! a. or,or,, en- IN
10 82l5jal0 10; May Sl017tal0 35al0 8?lE.
sIouLDERs-D s7NalO 100; short clear $40 Goa
10 III.
WinsKY-s1 rs.
Othefs unchanged
NEW ON, J4n; aG S-F!9ur' foGelpIH I'M S'v y
nasteis' Nm, SGSPors a.yyv pa y nns h mathS. u Sxn NY
e 9WSr' MheSI, reSeipS ~ d9 Az hy,HhN GtN n tIres
OSvyS = n 1 HSl, Sales iyo'vyy puSnels " du it'a and
anu SVgy ousnels o. spoIi spot mHIket u w. n urJ
,ower; No. . sprIns ,Iseih opHe .sod stS41Sy M NTS
NY IgWc g. ~. F T,;tv ss5TsLIos51SSS3 Va gGs an N ~.
eC(sas-aHS1 AZ NY eSZt poyt 1SSon NTS,,,shoiSS.
sSisS isS.OO0 bushelS az fiiurSs nnd lis.
90 bushels Of spot; market dull and
5iJSc,. July SIG 'oats. reeeipts 1900 bushels:
exborts q.nOO Sushois: Eales 10000 bushels OF
Futures and 5000 bushels OF spot; market dull
and frmCr; No. . Chicago 8o}Sc; No. white 4Oci
mixed western 381EatQc. Hay quieti shipping
Gjc. Hops firm: state 2la2Sc; Pacific coast slg2ic'
Lard easy and dull4 western steam, s1l S1i jan
uary, Gil 75: May Sll y PORK uull new mess
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CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.--Cattlc, receipts 1,OO0head:
shipments 800 head; market, not q sufficient
number on salc to mike q market; steers s. 900
800. Hogs, receipts 5000 head shipments 1900
head; mixed 81 COAT 80; heavy 81 00aS l1i light
81 60a7 70. Sheep aud lambs, receipts 1000 head
market, top sheep 50 OOab 10; top lambs s. hOab 10.
EAST Liberty, Pa. Jan. 2,-Ca,tle, receipts
$40 head; shipments $50 head; market nothing
doing, all through C~Onslgnmcnts. Hogs. re-
cCiptS $500 head shipments t,ti0 head; market
active: philadelphia IS 0OaS l0j mixed 81 Sln
7W; Workers. 81 31a7 70. Sheep, receipts zoo
head; shipments 400 head: market nothing doing.
ClNcINNATt. o., Jan. 2s.-HogS active at 80 sja
Z 05i receipts 5000 head. shlpmonts 900 head.
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MR, RLAINR IN WEST VIRGINIA,
Swinging Round the Circle In Issf-some
Incidents of tho Journey.

Swinging Round the Circle In lssf-some
Incidents or inc Journey,
1t has been nearly Q decade since
james G. Blaine visited Wheeling in
moLir, a tonr over tha n q q railroad
10 aralton ana faFkeFspuFg' anu Fe'
turning up the river over the Ohio
River road. That saving around the
circlen woa n memorob,o one To the
Uoces ,i.eG ard ,vas tSe g nnoasion oi
manv i]ncjdeSts NJ interest tendinr 70
show tbe cSaroctsr ~ the man and the
wonderfnl hold be had on the afisctions
nj Tho neonIe of West VIRGINIA
The writor. ye~nresentins the INTEL11.
npNcsR in company with number al
f]orojyn newsnaper corresponIents, had
the nIeasure II heinz in the party that
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ship at my tireside. Hound him all
ways an original, sincere, intrepid man,
amiable, sympathetic, with q Napole-
onic lnatinct for the kernel Of q subject,
In a hippant way he has been called
magnetic" This meaningless word
seems especially so when applied to
Blaine. He had that perfect courtesy
which Is shown in absolute respect tor
the feelings Of those around him,
Sovereign or serf had equal kindness at
his hands, He had no fear, no resent
ments, and friends Were often tm-
patient at his forgiveness Of enemies.
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N f%uvaioNbic ite,nNdy a. Cold,

Sheriff Hardman, Of Tyler Co., W.
", was almost prostrated with q cold
whom no began Using ChatnbeFlain'a
Cough Remedy. In speaking Of II no
sAysi ut gave me almost instant 70.
lieh ] end II 10 DO an Invaluable re-
mOdy for coldEp For sale BY drug
jgiats, DAN
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-30

NEW YORR, Jan, @.+fCttOioum certjGuatea
wCru a little more active to-day, mud o O)O barrels
changed hands at tho Consolidated Board q from
tS1kOtO illaG, closing at the latter price bid. At
62le Dullhes1 aud steadinoSs StIt marked tho
tra1inp