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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-07

DISPATCH from New York stated
that there was in process of formation
in that city flour trust 1t was said
10 contemplate the consolidation un.
der one management of all the largest
mills in the west and northwest
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

JOIN HANMCK, a farmer of Barbour
county, w. Va, is said to have discov
cred the lost art of Egyptian embalm
ing.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31
FIGHTING THE FLAMES

a few PAGES over to the right, only to be
driven back by the heat. On the ridge,
however, we luckily found spots bare and
rocky, on which the fire had found nothing
to burn In these scant refugees we would
pause an instant to catch breath before
dashing forward once more into the smoke.
We showed our handkerchief over our
faces, but this proved poor protection, for
tv ..t was the heat so intense that II seemed
TO me- as if my skin had cracked and the
blood was about to leap from my face.
On the north side of the fire we encoun-
tered men who had care of the lunch.
Wadey's gang evidently decided that the
best way out of a bad bargain was to try
to do better. &c. in pairs, they broke
through the flames, all being burned more
or less, as we had BEEN W. II. Stevenson
got caught in the brush and his shirt was
burned before he could get loose, while his
companion, Jim Zehart had his face bis
tered trying 10 help Stevenson from his
danger W. Corday and ]. Towne were the
second pair through, and they were singed
about the hair and portions of their clothes
were burned.
Once on the north side of the flames, with
lunch within reach, the men rested and
took refreshments. They had been working
for nearly ~ hours, and SO exhausted were
many of them that they could not eat.
While the men were resting the wind came
I'D stronger and the fire was famed to
greater fury. 1t advanced like the line of
an army. Down in the bottom of the can
yon the flames had apparently found some
dry material, while the fire bacl. on the
ridge was advancing with equal
speed and third fire was run
ming up the mountain north of
the original flames. The smoke OBJ
scured the canyon and was steadily rising
in dense volumes, but with every fresh gust
of wind glimpse of what seemed to be a
dozen columns of flame was obtained. The
fire fairly leaped into the air and Tapped
trees, big and little. as if they had been
sagebrush. There were dull rumblings and
sharp reports, as the flames cracked some
big bowlder and heavy pieces went tum-
bling down the hillside. a dull roar was
heard from the bottom of the canyon, but
as the columns of flame came nearer pc
cular crspy cracking was distinguished
by the ear. The noise of the fire yesterday
and the scope of the conf1agration seemed
to be the fitting characteristics for the
cremation of mighty Titan.
IT tell you, fellows, this is hell!" cried
perspring and begrimed fellow, who was
alternately cutting brush and gazing at
the fury. And he was right. The defini-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31
FIFTEEN SQUARE MILES
Of Timber and Brush Destroyed.
Camps Burned

PASADENA coffee of The Herald, IS
East Colorado Street, July 3O.-The fire in
the mountains in the vicinity of Mount
Lowe and Echo Mountain has spread dis
astrously during the day, until now, ac-
cordng to a telephone message late this
evening from Echo Mountain, about fifteen
square miles of timber and brush have been
burned. The future water supply will be
sadly affected and also the beauty of the
mountains. Much Indignation is expressed
against the party or parties whose care
lessness caused the fire. The fire is still
Burning vigorously. and to all appearances
but little Roadway has been made toward
sitting it. Manager Harry Wilcox tele-
phoned from Mount Wilson late tonight,
and stated that so far as he can tell the
fire is about four miles in a straight line
from Mount Wilson. or seven miles by
trail. The danger to Alpine tavern, which
was feared this afternoon. Is considered
over. The fire evidently started in Willard
or Little Bear canyon, burned up these
canyons, over the ridge, up Mount Mark
ham, all over Mount Lowe and within a
thousand feet of the summit of Mount
San Gabriel. Its a big fire now" said
Mr. Wilcox at 9 o'clock this evening.
been falling over the city like snowfakes,
and the sky has been clouded over the
mountains About 200 men are now fight
ing the fire. Many of them went up yes
terday and this morning, and fifty more
went up this afternoon at 1855 o'clock.
This latter squad was recruited from Los
Angeles, this city's supply having been
pretty nearly exhausted. All the men were
armed with bush hooks and shovels. Some
seemed pretty tough characters. Two of
them were overheard talking on the corner
of Colorado street and Raymond avenue
concerning the manner in which they
intended to play off, on their boss by
hiding in the brush while they were sup
posed to be fighting fire. But you bet
we'll be around when pay time comes"
they said. These men receive 81 a day and
board.
Several parties who have had camps in
the canyons where the fire is have lost
them. Among the camps burned was one
belonging to Conductor Harry Roche of
the electric road Roche left his camp in
Little Bear canyon well equipped, and pre-
sumes that 1t must have been burned some
time yesterday afternoon.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31

the other party, who reported that the fire
had cut them off several times, and they had
been forced to run before 1t. They. had sent
for the rest of the gang to come up and
help to keep the fire from reaching the east
side of the slope, as then 1t would have had
an open course toward Alpine tavern two
miles distant. The fire was too fast, though,
and by the time We had reached the main
crowd it was only to discover that we were
cut off by the flames to the north. They had
reached the top of the ridge and were burn
ing the brush and running on the eastern
side down toward the tavern. The worst
feature of the situation was the help the wind
was giving the flames, for a Southwestern
sprang up and carried the fire along at
double its previous speed.
Wadey appeared unable to realize what
was required, and instead of trying to
get in front of the course of the fire,
and either building back fire or cutting
away the fuel in the, track, he ordered the
men to begin cutting away the brush to the
southeast side of the fire. evidently aiming
to eventually cut around 1t. The flames.
however, had the start and the speed. 1t
soon became obvious that Wadey was vast
Ing the little strength his men possessed.
l determined to break through the fire and
watch its march from the north side John
Garfield of Pasadena followed me, and to-
gether we led the way into the smoke Come
back, there!'' yelled the gang in chorus as
they dropped their shoves and axes and
tried to save us from what they seemed to
think was dangerous and foolish under
taking.
"Those flames will cut you off" they
bawled THE fire is running up on your
left, there behind. Don't you see?" But.
kind as were their intentions, we KEEP.
ahead and soon disappeared from their
view. AT times the smoke was binding
and there was absolutely no escape from
it. The smoke poured in volumes from our
left. while TO our right the fire was burn
ing fiercely. 1t was worse than the prov
erbial dilemma the devil and the deep,
blue sea. There were times when we
could not breathe for the dense smoke
from the left and in despera ton we da sh ell
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31

ton of that scene was perfectly expressed
in his spontaneous cry.
Meanwhile the faster the fire advanced
the hungrier and more tired Wadey seemed
to become. He sat under the shade of a
tree, and while his men were advancing
along the trail, ready to do what they could
TO still the flames, nobody was there to d.
rect them. 1t had at first been thought
that the trail to Mount Love- which is
about three feet in width, would stop the
flames, but the way the garing columns
came rushing up the slope showed that this
path would not prove much of a check.
Every trace of vegetation from the bottom
Of the canyon to the edge of the trail was
burned clean away. leaving only twisted
and black sticks. A party of men and wo-
men from the Tavern rode past the men, on
toward Mount Lowe. Before they started
to return by the trail the fire had leaped
over the path and set the brush on the
east side blazing, shutting off escape for the
party by that route. They, however, went
back by the wagon road without accident.
The wind grew stronger and within five
minutes from the time the flames rea ched
the east side of the trail they had mounted
Mount Lowe and were burning with ter
rble effect, vaulting fully 50 feet in the air.
Had not some kind dispensation of the ele-
ments caused the wind to die suddenly.
nothing could have stopped the flames,
and they would have certainly rushed down
the mountain side to devour Alpine tavern.
With the halt of the wind the flames abated
in fury, but the fire still continued steadily.
Late in the afternoon 1t was feared that
the flames might reach Wilson's peak, but
unless a strong wind arises during the
night 1t is not probable that the fire will
extend that far. Alpine tavern last night
was about two miles from the nearest point
of the fire, and its inmates experienced no
unpeasantness yesterday, no smoke being
blown thither.
Late yesterday afternoon E. B. Thomas
took another party of so men from this city
to fight the fire, and, with this additional
help, it is thought that the fire may be
checked. r. B. KIDD.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31
PERSONAL

H. r. Lipman Of San Francisco is in
town.
Hon. Thomas r. Bard is down from
Hueneme.
Rev. Frank G. Ferguson, president of
Pomona college, is in the city.
]. w. Forbes is in from La Liebre ranch
in the northern part Of the county.
Attorney General Frazier Of Arizona has
fled from the sultry weather of Phoenix
and is in the city.
The wife of E. C. Chalmers of Phoenix,
one of the most prominent lawyers in
Arizona, is convalescing from severe ILL
ness at the Sisters hospital in this city.
Prof. Charles Kendall Adams, president of
the University of Wisconsin, was guest
of DIR. Norman Bridge at the California
club today. The alumni Of various colleges
are interested in Prof. Adams, as he was at
one time president of Cornell university
and for some years at Ann Arbor. This
is his first visit to the coast and he and
Mrs Adams will spend some time here in
recreation.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31

weird roar, did I have any conception Of the
awful nature of the mountain fire. The
trail gradually led upward to the eastern
ridge of the canyon and then crossed onto
the inside of the canyon. When twenty
yards from the top of this point the first in
timation Of the ravaging elements was re-
allied. A noise similar to the murmuring of
conch shell greeted my ears, and involun-
tarily l paused and looked around for the
ocean. few more PAGES and then the
canyon opened to view, and with it the muir
muring became a positive and defined roar
like the crashing of the waves on the beach
at night. The fire was still principally con-
fined to the south end of the canyon, but the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31

I determined to see the effect of the fire on
the eastern end, so, accompanied by George
Sudden of Pasadena, struck along the
ridge, with the cries of Come back, you
fool" from the other men ringing in our
ears.
1t was not long before found that the men
knew of what they talked. The fire
travelling at terrible rate, was rush
ing through thick brush and leaping over
trees as if they had been so much straw.
Still the flames had not then made such
strong Roadway but it might have been
checked had the proper judgment been dis
played. Its progress was still slow in the
bottom of the canyon. and only on the east
ern slope was there much to burn. About a
mile further on we met some Of the men of
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31
fighters, as the flames got beyond all con-

IRE fighters, as the flames got beyond all con-
troll. and simply raced up the canyon and
all over its sides. f. Wadey of Pasadena
had been placed In charge of the gang yes
terday. but he was unequal to the task Of
directing them, for had not tho wind sud-
denly stopped there is no telling how far the
fire would have progressed.
1t was shortly after II o'clock yesterday
morning when started from Alpine tavern
in company with a party of men who were
tc take quantity of provisions to the tired
workers on the ridge four miles away. The
sky to the north ami west was obscured by
the dense smoke, but not until the edge Of
the ridge was reached and could look down
into the murky mass of smoke lighted with
thin red flames, and heard the rumbling and
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31

flames also had begun to attack the under
brush on the eastern slope. BY the time
the provisions had been transferred to the
gang that stood patiently but eagerly await
ing them, the fire had advanced hundreds
of yards, and the young men declared they
would not try to carry the grub over to the
men on the south end of the ridge, as they
were afraid the fire would cut them off. The
brush was so thick on both sides of the ridge
that unless the men could follow along the
trail on the top it would have been almost i'm
possible to have escaped from the flames
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31
Controlling the Price of Wheat

Events during the past few months In the
Chicago wheat pit have shown how powerful
a single man can be. Through his influence
wheat more than doubled in price Through
out the whole Of civilization the increase IN
the price of bread has been felt. This pows-
of q single man, however. is not so great as
the power of one single medicine in relieving
and curing many diseases. This medicine is
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, and its inf1u-
ence for good extends to all lands. When
the mouth tastes badly in the morning
when appetite is lost ,when dizzy spells come
on when there Is buzzing in the ears. when
YOU are easily tired and have no desire to
work, take wineglass of the Bitters before
meals and you will feel like a different per-
son. This one medicine controls the health
of everybody just as surely as the one Chi
cago man controlled the price Of wheat.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31

Deputy Marshal McCulloch brought a
Chinaman, Yung Flick, up from San Diego
yesterday, ordered deported by Commits
stoner Knoles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-25
Ciuildllall.
+. ". DEvoE & Co,

Mrs. Susan A. H. Davis Chase, who
died last Saturday evening at GuildhaIl,
was born at Pembroke, n. H., and was
married to Robert Chase July 1854. They
lived at Lawrence and Huverhlll, Mass,
and at Lancaster, n. H., until 1865,
when they came to Guildhall and have
resided there since. She was member of
the Congregational Church for more than
80 years and was connected with this
church at Guildhall. A husband, son,
brother and two sisters survive her. She
is the first of a limited family to be taken
away, and many circumstances conspire
to make her absence intcnsely felt.
Hearts are always filled with tender
sympathy by the consideration OF the
situation of man who, having allied
himself to life partner whose life and
fidelity to him and to all her social duties
have filled the full measure of his young
and ardent hopes and expectations, sud-
denly loses the influences of her life. Es-
pecially is this so if the loss occurs after
those lives have ripened into the full men.
tai enjoyment of and dependence upon
such conditions. And such general sad
ness and sympathy is intensified by the
great loss to the world of pure, con-
tented, dutiful, capable and Christian
| woman.
How weak and unavailing is language
in times like these! And yet expressions
of tender regard for the memory of the
good and the true are sometimes becom-
ing, and comforting to the living. 1t is
we'll to evoke hope. courage and consola-
ton from such conditions. How full
every hour of sorrow and trouble is
with compensations if they are sought
and made available! How grateful to
kind nature or providence should a man
be to whom they are always supplied
Can this man look on the past and wish
it had never been, that he had never met
such companion, that she had been long
er kept in suffering, shut out from th,
rewards OF a virtuous life, that she haC
possessed such attributes that she would
have died unregretted, that she did no.
possess that resignation and courag,
which have been nurtured and increase
, by the influence of her life; and finally cai
he wish that the cheerful light of that IIf
had not shone on a pathway in whicI
the shadows fall as far or farther thar
they usually do in the lives of men ano
, women or that thew may not fall softl,
and gently where his footsteps shah con
tinue even to his own grave?
Words are unavailing, friendships ar
= powerless, the external wealth and DO we
D of all the world are unavailng. The,
are UNDECIDED in such times as these. Blu
: down deep in the heart OF every on
h has beer kindly placed resources for con
c ISOLATION, OF which the posScSsor is unI
I accurately conscious. sufficient for tn
most trying hour. Let them be invoke,
in this instance. Let them now be In
voked.' G.N.D.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-25
EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE

EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE |
MONEY! There is no DENYING this fact
Then see or write to an expert who has
spent TWENTY YEARS studying specu-
latons and investments. A broker who
advertised two years ago to to buy Man.
haitian around IS and pay for it, and
put it away in a safe and that it would
pay the investor six per cent. on his
money and certain profit of S25 per
share on his holdings besides. Also he
advised to buy Lake Shore around $145
per share; also wheat around So cents.
Manhattan is now selling at SLY per
share, or $40 per share advance, and
Lake Shore $194 per share or $40 per
share advance, and wheat $1OO per
buShel, or so cents per buSheI advance.
These are cold, uncontradictabe facts
that appeared in public print and in mar
ket letters. The same man now advises
to buy cotton under cents, corn under
80 cents and Louisville and Nashville rail
road stock under $50 per share. Every
share that is bought and paid for and
laid away in safe will he worth a good
many dollars more inside of one year.
Cotton will show $1,000 profit on 100
bales bought now, and Louisville and
Nashville will be four per cent. dividend
paying within one year and will be SELL
ing at $50 per share. Corn will be selling
at 40 cents before July next. Write to-
r. E. Knott, stock and comm ssion bro.
ker, Burlington, VT, who has been estab-
l'shed in Burlington since 1885, who
buys and sells everything on the New
York stock Exchange and Chicap board
oftrade, and he will give You further
particulars,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-25
Methodist Episcopal.


Mr.. Z. ]. Chase, Island Pond, VI.
Dear Sir: As a practical painter, per-
haps you have tried many different makes
of paint. Probably you have a prefer
ence for one particular brand, and that
you almost always use that brand. Now,
we don't ask you to break right off using
your favorite paint, but if you want to
use the best-covering and longest-wearing
paint made-the kind used by most OF
the largest railroad companies of the
United States and Mexico-we would ask
you to give F. ". Devoe & Co.'S Pure
Lead and Zinc Paints a trial. As they
are composed only of pure lead, pure zinc,
pure linseed oil, pure tinting colors and
nothing else. they are the kind we think
you want to use.
They are guaranteed to contain no
water, alkalis, fish oil, petroleum, barry
ties, whiting or other aduterants.
They are sold subject to chemical analy-
sis. Send a can to your State chemist,
and if he finds one ounce of adulteration,
we will pay cost of analysis, cost OF paint
and pay you for your trouble.
+. W. Devoe & Co.'S Pure Lead and
Zine Paints are sold by John W. Thurs
ton whom we have appointed sole agent
tor Island Pond. You know his stand
ing. He agreed to act as our agent only
after thoroughly convincing himself that
our paints were strictly pure in every
sense OF the word.
They are just such paints as would
make if you used the best materials but
by our methods of: list, grinding the
ingredients with powerful machinery; I'd,
mixing them with a powerful mixer; Sd
regruding; +th, remiXing; they are far
more durable and the colors more perma.
nent than il mixed in a paint tub with a
stick. AS you know, the durability o.
paint depends largely upon the grinding
Mixing by hand is not grinding.
Yours truly,
+. ". DEvOE & Co,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-25

The Washington social given by the St.
Agnes Guild in the Island Pond Hall last
Tuesday evening was largely attended
despite the bad weather and roads, and
the programme gave very general salts
faction. The young ladies OF the Guild
looked very charming in their costumes,
and the stage dressing was very nice and
appropriate. An unusually pleasant
evening was enjoyed thanks to the efforts
of the Guild and their president. Some
SIT were realized. The next entertain
ment BY the Guild will be given on Easter
Monday, April II.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-25
Norton.

Miss Lillian Baldwin is here visiting
her brother S. A. Baldwin.
Mrs. w. G. Nelson is at Portland Me.
Friends OF Dennis Calvin will be glad
to hear that he is recovering from his Sc
we're illness, pneumonia, and that he ex-
poets to be able to be out i'll few DAYS.
W. S. Drew and wife will leave town in
the near future. They intend going to
Lime Ridge, Que, where they will open
hotel. Success to you both, but it is
with regret we hear OF your departure.
Miss \. Myers has returned from Sher-
brooke where she has been visiting.
Mrs. Ed, Nelson WAS at Island Pond
last week.
Mrs. w. Lindsay, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
monds, c. Welsh W. Perry and Ed Welsh
attended the masquerade at Island Pond
and report grand time.
Mrs. c. Roby OF Lincoln, n. H., is here
visiting her parents MIR. and Mrs. Haley.
Miss May Haley is home on vacation.
From an occasional correspondent.
Walter Drew has hired the Dominion
House at Lime Ridge, Que, and takes
possession May LIST.
Mrs. G. W. Nelson and daughter Edith
are in Portland for few days.
F. g. Edmands and wife are visiting
relatives at Newport and Westfield.
Miss A. Jennie Bishop has returned
home from Waterford where she has been
teaching. This was her third successful
term of school in the village of that town.
Miss Jennie Drew is visiting Mrs. Fred
Hackett in Montreal.
Mrs. W. w. Lindsey of the Stetso House
intends spending this week in Portlan
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Mae Lloyd of Detroit, Mich, WHO
has been the guest of Mrs. Clark William
son for the past four weeks is now visit
ing relatives at Richmond, Que.
George Mavhew and wife are rejoicing
over the birth of another son.
A party OF Nortonites intend starting
for "klondyke" about March 5th. They
all expect to return to town in a few
years multi.millionaires. May success
attend them.