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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

spring-time touch, moclking bird sang
its first March song in the thicket on a
bit Of hummock.
Colonel Ladd clasped his sons cramped
and shivering form to his breast The
oVerSeer rudely cOllared Peter.
My dear boy" almost sobbed the
father.
You thieving black scampr' growled
the overseer, ''I'll whale every inch of
skin off you for thisi'
Father weakly pleaded Thomas,
you mustn't let him whip the negro, he
saved my life.'
Already Peter was tied to a tree, and
the lash was hungry for his back, when
Colonel Ladd interfered. Thomas had
with difficulty told his story.
The end of it all was that Colonel Laid
bought Peter, paying eleven hundred and
fifty dollars in cash to General Rayburn
for him, which was thirty per cent. more
than his market value in New Orleans
at the time.
And Peter was given as a birthday
present to Thomas. So began the init
mate companionship of the two. When
the war came and went, leaving all of
the negroes free, Peter refused to have
his liberty Thomas Ladd died in 1892
but Peter is still alive, and from his lips
1 had this true story.
Yah sar. boss he said to me in con-
clusion, Mars Thomas was allus mighty
good to dis poo ole niggah, an w en- e
died he gi'me dis yer plantation an tYe
mules Wat 1 Tub him de mos TO? Wy
cause he keep dat 'fernal ole oberseer
from a whippin' me, OATS W'atp'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

limit of his strength and logged courage.
he vas actually sinking when a hand of
iron gripped his shoulder; and then he
lost consciousness, or rather he sank
away INFO a sort OF dream, from which he
di, rot emerge until after daylight had
come on the following morning.
He was lying on a tuSSock at the root of
a huge cypress tree Under him was a
wet but soft bed of leaves and swamp
grass over which was spread an old and
fattered coat Beside him sat a short,
heavy negro about twenty-six years of
age. whose cCultenance was anything but
attractive. Bare headed, woody, fiat
nosed. thick Tipped, with eyes deep set
ard restless like those of a wild animal,
he was chewing tobacco while he Rugged
his knotty knees and seemed to be heark-
enirg
vas something well worth listening to.
che peculiar baying of two or three blood
hounds.
those cries. Moreover, he Instantly knew
VIII. { it all meant; for he had many a
time seen runaway slaves tracked down
fused in mind on first opening his eyes,
the whole situation quickly revealed it
self to him. The blood hounds were at
fault I'D the river where the negro had
taken TO the water, and they were hunt
ing up and down the channel'S bank for
the lost trail Of course, they would prob
ably soon find It. for although the boy
did rot know it, the negro had been COM
yelled to land on the same side of the
MATER from which he had entered it.
Are you a runaway Thomas feebly
demanded. as soon as he could speak.
.sYa-as." drawled the negro.
whom do you belong top
'-lSIs1 Raybu n. -
What did you run of for?"
- CaHse,f' said the black gloomiIy-
The boy was too feeble to press his in
Quiries further; his arm ached atrociously,
and he was chilled and sore to the center
of every bone in his frame.
Now, it turned out that the blood
hounds did not find the track again that
dey, which was the fault of General
Rayburn's overseer, who, concluding that
Peter, that was the negro's name, had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
RAMS HORNS BLASTS.

Whenever faith goes to church to pray
for rain, it takes an umbrella.
Every time treasure is laid up in
heaven it does somebody good on earth
1t is only the truth we follow that
has the power to lead us straight to God.
The devil will be sure to stay awhile
if he calls on you when you are idle
Comply with Gods conditions, and the
windows of heaven can't stay shut
Lot was dragged out of Sodom but
there are some church members who live
there yet.
No matter what he may claim to be in
church, stingy man can not be a
happy one.
The man who shrinks from self-denial
pushes the cup of happiness away from
his lips.
The man who loves sin is a sinner.
no matter how big a place he may fiji
in the church.
Give the devil your coat, and it won't
be an hour before he will come back
after your vest.
There is a good deal of public pray
ing done that don't mean anything in
heaven or on earth.
The religion that is noisy in church
is sometimes very quiet in places where
it is needed just as much.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

crossed the overflow stream, took the
dogs over to the other side, where a
made until darkness forced them to quit.
Meantime Colonel Ladd and his large
force of slaves were securing the country
search for Thomas; and so it came to
pass that Rayburn's overseer and his
blood hounds were at length Joined by
the colonel just before they came upon
poor Peter, still faithfully watching be-
side the suffering boy.
This was at about ten of the clock in
the morning of the second day. The sky
had cleared, the sun shone, warm and
sweet breathed the southern air through
lnoss-hung cypress wood, and to add a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
SeIf-WiIl.

''Self-wiIl is one of the exhibits of a
weak will A man who has not will
power enough to take a stand against
self, has not strength enough to stand
against a weak man. 1t requires
strength to resist the unremitting temp
tations of self-seeking. To refuse to do
that which we want to do demands real
will-power. To seek the truth for truth's
sake means more than to seek ones
triumph or success by the truth. Victory
of any kind is won at more or less ex
pense of power. But 1t is a higher and
nobler power-it takes a stronger and
truer will not to prefer mean victory to
honorable defeat; not to lower the level
of our aim, that we may the more surely
enjoy the complacency of success 1t is
worth while to cultivate. by exercise,
the weakness Of selfishness. IS. S.
Times.
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Have an aim that you may unblush-
ingly and proudly exhibit to the light Of
day, and for which you may safely chal-
lenge the respect of all. Then pursue
it earnestly and steadfastly. No matter
what sdiscouragements assail you or
place themselves in your way, keep right
make it sure. Do sorrows come TO you?
They come TO all. The continued adj
herence to the great plan of usefulness
which you have laid out, will do as much
as anything to brighten your path, even
when grief and gloom overshadow it
Press on, through good report or evil
shine, amid storms or under peaceful
skies-still press on, and never relin-
quish the great object of your ambition
Once a Week
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
Christian Character.

''The glory of Christian character is
its growing power to see divine things.
A larger Christ and a grander Christian
life is the ever blessed experience of a
power of seeing, is the principle of Chris
tan attainment. The more of Christ in
us, the more is Christ to us. We see
are the pure in heart, for they shall see
Cod is the beatitude of vision as well
as of character. The contamination of
heart-sight will be when we shall be
like Him, for then we shall see Him as
He is. Christian Intelligencer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
One Swallow

don't make spring" Neither
will one bottle of SCOTS Emul-
sion cure well established case
of Consumption, but it will ease
the Cough, relieve the irritation
and arrest the progress of the
disease, and if persistently used,
with the observance of the laws
of health, will surely restore the
patient in the early stages and
give great comfort and pro1ong
life in the latter stages.
1t is simply Cod-1iver Oil
properly emulsifed, combined
with Hypophosphites and ely
cerine. 1t is a tissue-bui1der.
Don't be persuaded to accept a substitute,
Scott Bovine, NY. All Druggists. SOC. and 81.
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Creating Character

God forms worlds and resurrects the
dead, but He cannot create character.
That must be your voluntary act. You
are now creating the disposition and robe
OF the immortal spirit which at death
departs into the other world. II willing.
the power to be gracious is given, and
graclousness as the eternal result is sure.
In temple one should be reverent;
it is sacred place. Fellow christian,
You are the temple of God; reverence
yourself as set apart to glorify Him.
like beam of sunlight in the gloom.
You do not require a label on the fore
head or a badge on the breast; let your
words and deeds be enshrined with graz
ciousness of God" -Universalist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
EXTRA EARLY VEGETABLES.

If farmers fully realized the advantage
of a hotbed, how cheaply and easily 1t
can be made, it would come into more
common use for forcing early vegetables.
Nothing is more appetizing than a dish
of lettuce, a bunch of radishes or onions
in the spring before the outside vege-
tables have begun to grow.
The material for a hotbed should be
horse manure that has considerable lit
ter mixed with it. Before making the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
The AimIess in Life.

1.-THE aimless in life are to be pitied.
They drift with the current. They are
of little account to themselves or to SOC
iety. A worthy object is essential to
bring out the best that is In us. The
man of high and useful ideals. intent up
on their realization. is full of push and
energy. He gets the most out of exis-
tence, and gladdens, enriches. inspires
and helps as he has the opportunity
Presbyterian.
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Christianity and Civilization.

eve think that western civilization,
though many and various in its phenom-
ena, is, in general, Christian civilization.
The spirit of Christianity penetrates all
things even to the bottom, so that, If we
ilization and leave out religion, it is like
building up a human body of flesh only
without blood. 20 We seek to send
out into the world not only men versed
in literature and science, but young men
of strong and noble character, by which
they can use their learning for the good
OF their fellowmen. This we are COM
WINGED, can never be accomplished by alb
stract, speculative teaching, nor by strict
and complicated rules, but only by Chris
tan principles, and. therefore, we adopt
foundation of our educational work, and
devote our energies to their realization
j. H. Neesima, Japanese Missionary.
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Careless seems the Great Avenger; his
tory's pages but record
One death-grapple in the darkness 'twixt
old systems and the Word;
Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong
forever on the throne;
But that scaffold sways the future, and
behind the dim unknown
Standeth God. within the shadow, keep
ing watch above his own.
james Russell Lowell.
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Correct Their Evils Early.

MOraI eVlI IS Ike physician evil. There
are certain diseases which, being treated
in childhood are cured by the simplest
remedies, aye. even by a finger. Being
left to later years, these same diseases
the skill of the physicians and the most
improved Instruments A fault in a
child is like a twig-easily broken: if the
task of breaking it is left until the child
be grown, when what was a twig has
become a gnarled trunk, the effort will
be expended in vain."-Rabbi j. Leonard
Lew
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The Purposes of God.

1--WE can see through one pane of glass
easily, but through ten placed together
we cannot see, yet each is transparent.
BY living a day at a time, we get along
well, and all is clear; but we cannot.
with our infinite vision, see through all
the purposes of God concerning U.S.
Episcopal Recorder.
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q, :;' Rio Gralde
Western
Scenic Line. Standard Gauge.
Current Time Table.
IN EFFECT NOV. IS, 1894.
Scenic Line. Standard Gauge.

LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 2-For Bingham, Provo.
Grand Junction and all points
and ali points east. 7:4o m
No. 6-For Mt. Pleasant Moab,
Salina and all intermediate
points ........................ 2:3O p m
No. 3-For Ogden and the west. IL As o m
No. 1-For Ogden and the west. 1:3O p m
No. S-For Eureka, Payson, Pro-
vo, and all intermediate points. 200 m
ARRIVES SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 1-From Provo, Grand juno
ton and the east. ........-...-...1 :2O m
No. S-From Provo. Grand juno
ton and the east -A'o0 p m
Salina, Manti, Eureka and all
intermediate points. $40 p m
No. From Eureka and Payson.. $3.50 am
No. 2-From Ogden and the west 755 a m
No EF'rom Ogden and the west 80 p m
Only line running through Pullman
Palace sleeping cars Salt Lake city to
San Francisco; Salt Lake city to Denver
via Grand Junction and Salt Lake city to
Kansas City and Chicago via Colorado
Through transit or family sleepers
without change, to Kansas City, Chicago
and Boston.
Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake to
Denver.
Ticket ONCE 10 w. Second south ST.
D. c. Dodge. S. H. Babcock
General Mgr. Traffic Mgr
F. A. Wadleigh, General Passenger Agent.
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All Lives Have Their places.

''If the threads in the loom of the wea-
yer of tapestry We're alive they might
complain that they are stretched and
twisted in a confused and patternless
fashion. But the workman would tell
them to trust him and he would blend
them in the end into an exquisite design
Many a human life seems lived to no pllr-
pose, and to be only a Flemish upon the
fair coloring of these with which it is as
ISOLATED. But the Divine Workman can
turn it to good use, and we may trust
Him to do So Not infrequently even here
we perceive how some life, supposed 10
be stupid and fruitless. has proved rich
in blessing and even in beauty. to some
have their fitting places and uses in the
great design of the Father? Flowers of
rare beauty often spring up. in the midst
of seeming desolation where nobody
thinks of looking for them but God and
His holy angels. "-Congregationalist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
Getting Away From Yourself.

''You can stay away from church. but
you can't stay away from yourself. There
is certain fearful looking for judgment.
In the stiffness of the chamber that is to
be your death chamber, your conscience
will assert itself and sense Of sin will run
fributiv tive suite suffering are 9 tied together in
the thoughts of every living man. He'll
in scripture, like hell in the old mytholo-
gies. answers TO the inext:nguishable hell
in the individual and universal con-
science. Has God put he'll in the con-
science only to rub it out again by a
written revelation? Has sin ceased to be
sinful. and is stout resistance to the plain
will of God, as it shows itself in the con-
science. no longer laden with peril?
Have you ever listened to preaching
in which hell and retribution were an
nounced with more plainness' and inten-
sity than in Christ's own preaching to the
persistently impenitent? The wages of
sin is DEATH DIR Parkhurst.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
Make or Mar.

We are builders, and each one
Should cut and carve as best he can,
Every life is but a stone,
Every one should hew his own,
Make or mar shall every man.
Bishop Doane.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

Who are these arrayed in white,
Brighter than the monday sun,
Foremost of the sons of light,
Nearest the eternal throne?
These are they that bore the cross,
Nobly for their Master stood,
Suffers in his righteous cause,
FolPwers of the dying God.
DE Courcy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
Here to Stay.

ga man of integrity will never lister
to any reason against conscience
Christian Leader.
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Ordered By Him.

'How many weeks will any OF US be
able to live without coming to some spot
where it will be felt as rational COM
fort TO believe that all our way. step by
step, trial by trial. surprise, success fail
ure, loss, removal, was ordered for US by
Him who sees the end from the begln-
ng?i,-Bishop F. D. Huntington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

Collections promptly made on all points
IN the West and Northwest. Careful At
tention given to Consignments of Ores
and Bullion Exchange and Felegraphio
Transfers on the Principal Cities OF the
United States and Europe.
PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS:
New Ycrk-Importers' and Traders Ma.
tional Bank; National Bank of North
America al New ork-
Chica go-Commercial National Bank
San Francisco-First National Bank
OmaSha-Omaha National Bank.
st. Unconstitutional Bank OF Commerce
Denver-Denver National Bank.
Puebio-First National Bank.
Portland, Oregon-F1rS1 National Bank
London-Martin'S Bank Gimited) S.
Lombard street
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"God has put us here to stay. We are
not TO run away, but to face the issue
and to grapple with it."-Bishop Henry
c. Potter.
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Self-COntrOI.

I know that I have uncontrolled power
over one unit in creation, and it's my
business in life to govern that one as
well as possible.-Thomas Fuller.
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InfdnlifX.
Providence is Over am.

"Infdelity is a nasty word, whether
applied to home, country or religion. -
Jewish Voice.
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Favor With Him.
Reoson Aruinst Counsel,

eff we love God we shall find favor
with him. whether we are able to please
anybody else or not. ''-Ram's Horn.
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and their joys, and remember that these
all bear as weighty a value in their es-
TEEN, and depresS or elate them, as your
mature thoughts do yourself. ''-Messen-
ger of st. Joseph.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

Happy the man whoseLhopes rely
On Isre els God; he made the sky,
And earth, and seas, with all Their
train.
His truth for ever stands secure;
He saves the oppressed, he feeds the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
Good EXAMPLES.

eve should not do what we would not
have our children do. We should not
say what we would not have our chill
dren say. 1t is terrible to reflect that
for many of their unkindest sayings,
as well as for much of their unvirtuous
conduct, children have gained the 81
spiration from those who should have
been almost a standard of perfection for
no favoritism should be shown in fam
lies. Herein lies the source of many of
the quarrels, jealousies and hatreds that
mar family liB. OF all the injustices
practiced on suffering childhood favorit-
ism is one of the gravest. Rabbi J.
Leonard Levy.
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Santa Fe Route.
Rio Grande Western,
Colorado Midland,
AtchisOn, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railways.

The only line which runs Pullman Pal
ace Sleeping cars between Ogden, Salt
Lake City and Chicago without change.
and Pullman Palace Reclining Chair cars
between ogden, Salt Lake City, Denver
and Chicago.
Leave ogden or Salt Lake City on the
evening train, in order to see the most
beautiful scenery in America.
Train leaves Rio Grande Western depot.
Salt Lake City, at 7:40 p. m.
H. C. BURNETT,
General Agent Pass. Department 400
Dolly building, Salt Lake City.
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A HIGH WATER FRIENDSHIP.


,ronrtce Tbompson Archery,
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at Aigiers.
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Cross and Crown

And none shall find his promise vain
DIR. Isaac Watts.
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Make Companions of Your Children.

do not terrify them and quench the
love in their hearts by playing the ty-
rant. The pain will recoil on your head
some day, if you do. and besides, you are
missing foretaste of heaven in thus
no earthly happiness can surpass that
of good father and mother surrounded
by loving, trustful family. No char
acter but has a key to it. Draw out
your childrens ideas of themselves, their
longings and ambitions. their sorrows
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Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake I
Denver.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-31
HIGHLAND DOTS.

Today will be the last day for No.
breaker to work for an indefinite period.
The intention is to shut it down for
good, but the machinery and everything
will remain undisturbed so that it may
be operated at any time. For the pres
ent all the men and boys will be given
work at the other collicrics owned by
e. Il. Marklc & Co., and with the eX-
ception Of a few men. who will be retain
ed to do considerable timbcring work of
every description will be abandoned in
and about No. l slope. Tomorrow all
the mules will be taken ont but two,
these will be used by the men doing the
timber work 1t is calculated that here
after all the coal mined at this place
Will be prepared for market at the No. 2
breaker,
John Meklas went to Frccland on Sun
day. He did not 20 to the temperance
convention, but spent his leisure hours
unloading SchooncrS. He started home
ward in the evening and made desperate
attempts to monopolize both sides of
Centre street, As might have been ex-
pccted, John was gathered in by one of
the officers. He didn't have So to pay
his fine and had to 90 down below for
five days.
The result of the Republican conven-
tion for township officers does not seem
to be satisfactory. A school director
and supervisor from this place is CON
sidered too much. However that may
be, the honesty and quality of both men
are above question.
Many IIungarians are leaving this
place as fast as they can. This is a sure
sign that all is not sunshine here.
William Letch, the stripping foreman
at No. l, resigned last week.
Henry Deisroth is now foreman at No.
l stripping.
Miss Mary Gallagher is home from
Philadelphia.
Charles Sharpe was visitor at Oneida
and Sheppton last week
John McGill is about again after a
severe attack of sickness.
John McGinniS had charge of No.
breaker Oh Saturday in the absence OF
w. C. Bcrncr.
John lIaggcrty, a miner in No ? slope,
who is Il resident Of Adams street, Free.
land, had his right hand severely burned
by powder while at work yesterday.
The story about Il general wreck and
the killing OF II team of mules here on
Saturday in No slope, which so great
| ly Interested the readers of Hazleton
papers, was fake" gotten up by some
Of the breaker boys. Nothing of the
kind happened here, though it was
amusing to notice how easily some cor
| respondents are ''workedn by the bows,