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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29

element to the latter that all thought
Of what he had come out there to do
had left his mind. Finally it came to
him and increased his uneasiness. 1t
had been half an hour or more since
he left home. He noticed that a
strong wind right out of the west had
come up. The air had been full OF
smoke all day, but as that had been
the case for many days, it had not
caused him any unusual apprehension.
But as he gradually recovered from the
excitement of the bears pursuit, seeing
that he was safe from her in the tree,
he noticed that the smoke had grown
much denser. 1t was so dense at the
height he was from the ground that it
becoming sitting. He noticed with in
creasing alarm that it was charged
with heat, which came in puffs and
waves somewhere from the woods be-
hind him. He knew what that meant.
The wind had famed the wood fires
to greater volume, and was driving j.
forward with increased rapidity upon
the spot where he was held captive by
the bear, so that 1t was likely to be an
intolerable place to remain in.
The heat increased SO that Nelson
could breathe only with difficulty.
Burning leaves ana glowing tWlSS De
gan to fall upon and about him. The
heat and smoke was less where the
bear, with her cubs at her heels, had
crouched low with her nose close to
the ground. She was determined to
wait fof vengeance to the very last
The wind became stronger. The roar
of the advancing flames grew louder
:, and louder. To stay longer in the tree
was impossible. There was no chance
for life there There was a fighting
chance for it with the bear. Taking
his jack-knife from his pocket and nc
opening it, Nelson Slid quickly to the
lowest branch of the tree. and swing
ing himself from it struck the GROUND
three or four feet beyond the bear ant
made a dash for the road. The bear
with her head thrust against tn
\ ground, was taken BY surprise but sh
was up and after Nelson so quick.
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Gov. and Mrs Waite Of Colorado have no
magnificent mansion for home. They liYe
In clearinghouse 51 sE
An actor, no matter how uneducated he
may he, Is always man OF D0rts 100
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bruin will throw some horses in panic.
Nelson's horse was one Of the timor0us
kind, and it's owner reached the road
just in time to see the frightened ami
NAL tearing down the road, and the
blackboard careenlng and jolting over
the rough way In manner that left
little hope for it lasting long. But
Nelson had no time to bemoan the
running away of his horse, for the saw
age and angry old bear was close be-
hind him, getting nearer at every jump.
Nelson cleared the road almost at a
bound, for he knew he could not out
run the bear if he kept in the road,
and, taking the first tree he came to,
was up its branches out Of the reach
of the bear before he knew it, and
without any clear idea of how he got
there.
The tree was not more than eight
inches through, and consequently too
small for the bear to climb. That in
creased her fury. Ordinarily she bear
with cubs is satisfied with encompass
ing the safety of her offspring 10y put.
ting to flight the foe that endangered
them, and loses no time in putting dis.
lance between her and her family and
! the threatening foe. But this one was
not inclined that way. Her temper
was evidently naturally ugly; the inter
ference with her cubs had increased
! that ugliness ten-fOld; the freeing OF
! the object of her rage in a tree Sc
small that she corlu not follow him
! added to it in like degree. She made
the most desperate efforts to climb the
sapling in vain. She CRASHED it with
her teeth, tearing out great chips and
splinters, threatening the stability Of
the trunk, much to the alarm of Mel
son. She dug away the earth at the
roots Of the tree, scooping out grea
hollows as if she intended to uproo
it and topple it and her foe to thu
ground together, accompanying he
work with the most frightful cries O.
rage. S-a.
"For ten or fifteen minutes the bea
varied her previous and persistent ef
forts to get at Nelson, and those min
utes had been so full of terror and ex
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29
Long he searched, but unattended

Long he searched, but unattended
With success; therefore he ended
Econ the lives Of those remaining, and
to market brought his stock.
Oft the missing bird berating,
And his mind the while debating
what Ill fortune had deprived him Of
the jewel of his flock.
Do not doubt some fowls can reason
And can keep track of the season.
+Rince a turkey proved all wise pates
are not under hats and hoods;
Oft he'd seen to town his kind sent,
SO he knew what knives a-grind meant
And bethought him twas the proper
time for taking to the woods.
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that he had but four or five yards the
start of her. But terror almost gave
him wings. He gained on his implaca-
BILE pursuer Burning leaves and
branches fell thickly about him.
The heat was Intense. But on he
sped, gaining slowly, but surely on the
bear. To his horror the heat grew
fercer as he advanced. There was but
one explanation for that. The fire had
greater Roadway in that direction, and
was approaching nearer the road there.
Suddenly in turning sharp bend in
the road Nelson stopped. There was
no thoroughfare farther. The flames
had reached the road not fifty yards
ahead, leaped across it, and wall of
roaring flame barred the way. Nelson
turned and looked behind him. The
| bear was still slouching in tireless gait
upon his track.
To remain at that spot ten minutes.
perhaps less, meant the most horrible
of deaths. In short time the flames
would reach the road along the part
Of it that he hadscome, and shut them
off from escape in that direction. The
| woods on the opposite side offered TO
avenue of escape, for they were but a
narrow strip of slender growth be-
/ tWccA IAO 1OAu dAu IL 1oCAy ACu9C, pei
pendicular, and nowhere less than ten
feet high. The only way for Nelson to
get beyond the danger of the fire was
to retrace his steps down the road for
an eight of mile, and to that he
must contest the way with the infur.
lated bear, now once more upon him
There was no time to think or plan
Nelson, who had held onto the knife
pitched blindly into the bear. He does
not know how it all occurred, but be
remembers aferce, but brief hand-to
hand struggle, from which he emerged
bleeding and tattered to find himself
in full fight again down the road, thu
bear close behind, the air sitting will
heat and smoke, and fiery fragments
of the burning wood falling about hin
in thicker shower than ever. y
He had not run long ere the al
grew cooler, and he knew he had pass
ed the danger line Of the fire. But b.
:. was nearly exhausted, and the bea
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29
!. ARD IN LONDON.
DINNER GIVEN IN
SIS HIS HOsOR.
HARVEST Efforts to Please Artemus--
An English Cooks AhOrtive At
tempts to Do American Cooking
4 Ends in Failure. s

We had been but a few days in Lon
don and were living at May fair. Our
cousin, Artemus Ward, occupied apart
ments In Piccadilly, and though in the
height of his success lie was III low
spirits, i'll and breaking down pain
fully fast. We had dined with him that
day, and US we babe him good night
he said, with something Of a sigh,
Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving day
at home" eyes, replied; come
dine with us and celebrate the day"
With hungry twinkle in his eyes he
asked, "1s it to be pork and beans:''
And SO it came about. had ordered
from the housekeeper of our lodgings
an American dinner. I was not permit
ted to superintend the cooking person
ally, and, denied the mysteries of the
splits and pans Of an English kitchen,
trusted to the luck of my instruc-
tons and the comprehension Of the
cook and awaited developments.
Nawsty Sandwiches.
At the appointed time Arty came,
pale and anxious looking, and YEARLY
threw himself on the sofa with the rest
ful content of anticipation. 1t had
occurred to me, as we were to make a
day Of it, to provide a little luncheon,
and as I was passing a pastry shop
sign, makers Of tops and bottoms to
her Majesty the Queen, her royal high
ness Princess of Wales,'' ETC., I noticed
on a card in the window, Sandwiches
made to order" Nice for a Yankee
lunch, thought, and SO I ordered a
'plate" sent to our apartments. Soon
after Arty came, in order to refresh
him I rang for the maid to bring the
Sandwiches" also a bottle Of sherry
and bitters. The sherry in London is
good, but the sandwiches!pastec cakes
interlarded with a sticky jelly of sick
swedish Oriental favor. had thought
sandwiches, ham or otherwise, were
the same everywhere. So much fol
my beginning in London. With 1ooI
more of sorrow than of anger" as
he politely nibbled sideways at the
sandwich Arty remarked, Its naws
ty, you know" and yet he solaced him
self with the sherry, and we talked OF
our home beyond the great sea. ca
A Double Surprise.
I was SO happy by the surprise :
had prepared for him that I rested
content until dinner was announced
When we were seated at the ia
bic Arty, as the privileged guest
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A Thanksgiving Fable.

The greedy turkey gobbled up the
goodly fare and grew fatter day by day
but the proudest turkey, suspicious OF
such bountiful grub, refused to eat II
and grew rapidly thinner.
Finally the master came and said;
Better keep the fat turkey for Christ.
mas; IL we do not kill the thin turkey
he may die on our hands. - brooklyn
Life.
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TOOK TO THE WOODS,

Twas the day before Thanksgiving,
And the farmer, who living
long had earned in raising poultry for
"a. the market, sailed out.
But, alas! anticipation
Quickly turned to CONSERVATION,
For his fairest, latest turkey was not
anywhere about.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29

The conceited man Is the only man IN the
world who is sure of one admir- er who WILL
never so back on bim
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29

IN some Of the Eastern 60 mtries
notably Arabia and Persia, a manns
answering closely to that mentioned il
the Scriptures is still natraIly produced
in considerable quantity. 1T come.
from the tender branches of the tam
arisk and is. known to the Perslans BY
the name of stamarisk honey T.
fcensits Of tear-1ike drops which exud.
in consequence Of the nuncture OF ar,
insect during the months of June and
July. In the cool Of the morssing it il
found solidifed, and the CONCEALED
Nervous old lady Tin sleeping carr
Oh, porter! porter! Where dc sleep
Porter: What is the numbah OBJ yonah
berth, ma Nervous old Indy: I
but IL you must know. 1t is third
There were brother and sister borl
before me, ssssS SIS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29

Every one Of England's royal princes
wears q facsimile Of his brides wedding
ring. 5+! D..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17

this devise TO general acceptance Is its
supposed efficiency in fcuding of train
The efficiency Of the yestihule i'm pre-
venting te.escoping Is an idea which has
grown concurrently with the development
OF the vcsubule itself, aud the Instances
OF accidenis in which its use has pre-
vented injury, or even shock. to the oc-
oupahts OF cars 10 protected have been
many Bnt the necessity Of providing
similar protection between the for
ward ear and the locomotive tender. the
most dangerous point IN all collisions
ana the most dangerous in the proportion
oil . TO 1 In collisions between passen-
ger trains, has, up 10 the present time,
apparently, never received sufficient con-
sl9efallon 10 produce any practical re-
SUIT Not Il would seem as il the men
VINO spent their lives in travelling ex-
press and postoilices are necessarily ex-
posed 10 danger enough, without being
exposed TO Others which are preventable
ihe tender vestihule also goes long way
toward solving the problem OF the open
platform mail, baggage and express ears,
since the Enclosed platform OF the vesu-
pule affords no convenient lurking place
Tor train robbers or tramps.
Inc usefulness Of The vpstihule rs
safety device has been demonstrated hy
the severest tests 1t is stated that there
Is no instance on record of the telescop-
Ing of cars provided with these appil-
ances, and that not lie has ever been
lost IN a Pullman vestibuled car in a
head end or rear end collision.
The tender yestihu.e mnlies Ii prnetical-
Y impossible for either tho tender or
the car 10 be lifted into a position in
which one eau telescope the other, aud
on account of the convenience with which
Ile heavy braces may be applied, the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17
KATYs CHARTER Fr
is IN DANGER
or FORFEITURE.


Topeka, Kan, Jan. 15.-Attorney Gem
eral Little and Special Council Nichol-
son today drew up the petition In the
proposed quo warranto case against the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas raiiroad
company.
The petition IS in tire name of the
state upon the relation Of il. r. Far
reilly, county attorney Of Noosho county,
md will be filed IN the district court'of
that county on Monday or Tuesday Of
hext week. After reciipg the, fact that
the defendant u corporation organ
lied under the laws Of the state Of Kan
sRs, the petition says
The plaintiff further says that the
said Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way Company ever since the Sd day Of
May. A., D.. 1891. aud for more than six
months last passed before the finding Of
this petition. has willfuly, wrongfully, H.
legally and IN yiOation OF law.
failed, refused aud neglected TO have
and keep and maintain ~ 1aid state
rerords and books Of the Office Of super
intendent, general manager and director.
secretary, auditor, treasurer nnd pay
snasier aud general freight agent and gem
eral ticket agent and az books Of ac-
counts appertaining to ihe business Of
said officers and ench Of them.
"Plaintid further siatee that the said
Missouri. Kansas. and Texas railroad
company, on the "a day 81 May. A. ID.
1893. did wrungully. willfuily, Intention
ally and knowingly. and 10 violation Of
law and Of IL duty 10 the state Of Kan
sas. remove an Of said ufilccg. the reo-
ord4 thereof and on hooks Of account mp
pertaining 70 said Offices from the state
and beyond the limits and jurisdiction
thereof and stir keeps said general Office
and al said records and said books Of ac-
count outside and beyOud the limits OF
said state Of KHnsas
Therefore plaintiff prays thnt the
rhnrer Of aaid defendant be declared
forfeited 10 The nlaintlh: that said cor
poradou be dissolved and that receiver
be appointed to take charge ~ It's prop
- . giHd un s. sfTaiir N fhe manner
nrcsrrhed w law and for such ether and
snr'her rel nay be rlght ald proper
IN DE premlaes."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17

&s.,,,. ~, n, |...,. -. ,-,,.. . .,.
10 NM orlsans on eccoint M ihs epfiug
festivities
,,,., .
ihY tolioh hsl' Shops " lFler are
$50 ,. '''N
IN huWln Noull W expected 20 itaNel thrnush
LIAns snot'y Gu route tof the hhu'Nlhler
lolt'
o,,, a.. seam9n ms been appointed lana
.nN t9A v9W,iAl'sl1uer OF lue sioux Olly,
VI -'vl'l anu NNh''Fu WIN headquarters az
S'vuN NY i"""'
q. ~ boyer has been appointed assistant
Sub'' Ntg W.. 3i lhe dhiluHvphlh, heaulns
nnu NeM hnglahi WIN headquarters at
~ =, -. 49,.
,r,ci,,. i aH.h9ner n9s Pe,h aPp9lnird CON,
uae.ius ilelsIi agent OF me memphis anu
q. Lawrence
IA tIa,,,,, ,.,,,r.t .,,,.,...- an.
Co., ~ ti ii"ups tyn',ui n,anakgr ni Wy
moved MS he6ionafiers from INV Y@rr 10
natsontown, Pa.
a ~ ,.,,..- Az. 49,. .....,..,.,
accountant OF tbe PACING I91st railway m
place OF q, /. rock. uenduunrters san
iuis Obispo. Cal
Victor X. uendrleka has h,en nnnn,ntca
engineer of mnintennncp Of WnV uf tnr
Nichlunu division Of Inc p.rrn uaufe and
Indianapolis (vandalla linel
IL. G. Holm bprefofore yoncroi agent
hns been npp0intei purcbastne apent al fhe
Toronto, Hanilton nnd Wnfeio win hea,l.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17
OAR HEArNG BY STEAM.

Railway Age
The law recently passed by the legisla-
ture of the state Of Ohio requiring rail-
roads to heat cars by other means than
stoves, which went into effect January 1,
1904. has oecasioued considerable activity
among the advocates OF steam heating,
ana the railway officials who have to
deal with the problem. Mr. Bush, super
lutendent of motive power of the Ian
handle road, has been conducting a series
OF tests, aud In talking of the matter re-
Gently he is reported 10 have spoken as
follows:
we learned a great many now things
IN reference to heating by steam during
our tests, but we have still some things
TO develop before we can arrive at any
satisfactory conclusion We are going
about the matter with e great deal Of
care because the equipment Of all trains
with steam means vast expense, aud it
does not pay to make any mistake what
ever. We are determined TO obtain. If
81 is at all possible a system Of heating
our trains by steam which win be salts
factory in every respect. We have nj
eady found some things which will greatly
improve the system now IN use, but we
have not yet found what we want.
Economy Is one of the chief things 10 be
considered. There are already plans of
heating long train satisfactorily, hut
they entail an expense that does not
make them feasible. We could easily
heat with high pressure steam, OF insight,
as ono road does, have a special boiler
on IN extra car for the purpose, but
these methods are not economical. We
are after a plan 20 heat with low pres
sure steam from the engine, and wo pro-
pose to continue our investigation until
we succeed"
The work Of equipping trains upon the
Northwest system of the PENNSYLVANIA
lines with steam heating apparatus IS re-
ported TO be progressing rapidly, and on
the Southwestern system a large mum
Der are equipped, hut tho company IL de
arous Of settling unon uniform plan,
which shall be satisfactory in all re-
gueets
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,


w ulam y Bricn, a conductor on the
H. |,IG, WIN headquarters ~ llsnlson, was
=" Nl3 wy Il rev nouns yesterday
a. J. Ratclin. travelling passenger
I;t OF tue Fort Worth and Denver
~ spent yesterday IN palns on ouSl-
w; :, Keenan,, general passenger agent
H. ~, ,Ns Ny, accompanied ny ms "ie' Is
'N wy NY
Jed II. Baker, chief clerk Of ticket
accounts Of the auditor'a office of the
Rock Island. Is laid up with an attack
Vi 'ne sr'ppe'
10. W. Carpenter, former conductor
Of the Texas aud Pacific. but now Of the
Southern Pacific, is in the city renewing
old acquaintance.
A. X. Lingafelt, assistant superinten-
don't of telegraph Of the Rock Island
system, with headquarters at Topeka,
Kan, is in the city.
Il. r.. Place snn,rirfsn5ent Of toi..
graph Of the Texas and Pacific. with
headquarters at Dallas, spent few hours
in the city yesterday.
s. II. IIovrv vice nresiden, and yer.
eral suncrintendcnt of I'M Cbicnsn Iort
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17
AS no DIMENSIONS.

Engineer.
A locomotive developing cay 100 horse
power does the work required Of It upon
a orank-pin possibly IL inches in dame.
der, 4 marine engine Of the same power
does its work upon crank-pin 3 TO 10
inches IN diameter. This discrepancy IN
sizes of Important details for the same
amount Of work doue IN the same time
anDe9rs nuzzling. for the locomotive
piston-eDeod and the marine engine. piston
spped do not vary greatly in ycloc'ties
and The initial boiler preSures are neariy
Identical Neither is the nature Of the
work done rroat disliuilar; both crnuk-
nins are under severe strains independent
of the work. and due 20 lhe twisting Of
an unstable foundation. TIE same differ
cree In sizes eNteuds 20 the pision-rods
ana valrc-sfcrns Of marine engines, as
compared 10 the "details ~ locomotives,
tbe former are nearly double the dimen-
sione Of the latter
Tbe pjsfon-rods ~ locomotives do not
vary greatly from inches diameter: the
vaiyc-stcfvs are - inches. hnf the
same members In marine engines u equal
novrer vary from 9 inches diameter 70
q 10 inches dhmcier. a strain r. a
train and riren 80 many loads ner min
he N ORC Kind If engine end ne same
r,,,s,sr IN nnaihrr fini ~ ENGINE why
il...,il ~ DOLL ., fTi~e ifp I've ~ nv
o,,,er. anu Why do RULES exist Tor IL
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17

]. @. Bonnell, advertising agent of the
Rock Island system, with headquarters
at Chicago, was in the city a few hours
yesterday en- route TO headquarters from
an extended trip through Texas. In
speaking of Southern Texas he said: II
was surprised upon reaching Alvin, in the
southern part Of this state. to see boys
come in the car selling fresh Strawberries
for 20 cents a box. My first thought
was that / must be getting somewhere
near the equator to have strawberries
this time Of the year. or that | had slept
for about six months and that it was
now spring time, but / pulled out my
calendar and map and saw that 1t was
only the 18th day of January and that
was in the extreme southern portion Of
the great state Of Texas and not up
North, where everything 10 ice md
snow"
Mr., Bonnell left on the Rocl. Island
last night for Chicago,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17

Carries Il. Sloat, assistant general ticket
and passenger agent Of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Texas railway, returned yes
terdoy from an extended trip throga
Western and Southern Texas. While alb
sent he visited II Poso, Houston, San
southern aud western portions of the
state, Mr.. Sloat says that the Southern
people are moving to Southern Texas by
the hundreds, and all say that they like
Texas better than the old states. lie
also says that suotLcrn Texas Is haVing
plenty of rain as 1t rlined all day Samr-
day and Sunday whore he was and rain
ed bard at that until tie ground was thor
oughly soaked.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17
How A MAcH1NIsr is MADE.

i, ]. Miller In Scribners.
A large proportion Of maehinlsts are
developed from boys who conceive in
early life more or less of passion for
machinery. They are the boys WHO are
always sure to be present TO their own
imminent peril while pile-drivers, eNca-
vators, dredges and other heavy and pow
erful machines are bong used They
envy the locomotive engineer, imagine him
a hero and necessarily an altogether
superior being uuhampercd by the Ordi-
nary weaknesses Of poor humanity, an
opinion which is somewhat modified when
IN after years the boy, now grown, has
learned 10 construct locomotives; when
former wonders and mysteries Of the
machine have become everyday and
familiar companions and he sees how
great a proportion OF tho necessary re-
pairs upon locomotives are occnsloncd hy
the very human limitations and fnlllhility
of the men who manage diem.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17
TRYING TO SAVE HER.

New York Tribune.
Efforts have been revived to raise fresh
capital for the New York and New Eng
land road in order to enable it to meet
the claims against it and prevent fore
closure sale resulting from a default in
February interest Russell Sage has en-
couraged this work AIR, Sage said thar
he did not believe that the road would
he wiped out or fall into the hands OF
The New York. New Haven and Hartford.
He thought that this would be an IN
fortunate outcome Of the New Engiands
troubles. for no one wanted 10 see a eoin-
plete railroad monopoly in the territory
between New York and Boston. Il have
seen the New England road IN even worse
condition." he said. 'nnd u has been
brought out Of rs tronbles and retained
its Independence" Mr.. SAGE eliminated
that be was ready to assist tle re,
hahiiitation Of the property On SOUND
ilFis. and he said that be inonGht me
friends Of The conlpany were str1ng
enough 10 save Il II they tried to do 50.