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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06
CLOTHING FOR YOUNG MEN.

We want the more particular
young men In this town TO come ana
examine these swell suits. We know
the rcsult-cold day Tor Mr.. Taylof-
word NJ them
or handsome Niue Chevioi, double
breasted. inc serge lining. heavy
twill satin Aclng, French style. very
swell.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06
Dangerous Neglect.

An excavation Is being made on the
1"rh side OF Fifth South street. be-
tween Second and Third West. to con
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06
Mems
OYER
coats.

Early az u ia, we're selling lots Of
Ovcrroats. the more particular ones
are always FIRST corners. haven't
room 20 say much about thcm-aO
only a hint today Start the Korspy
Kind al $3.50 Tor good one, then tho
ii0.00. iie.00. $3.50 ana tiSOo. The
taco one We think the greatest
value we ever had-mnney back N
MS not ns good as most $500 coats
then We have some fancy CheyioiH
az $500. 5000 and $500, very swell
garments, an made latest styles.
proper lcnethH-of course We have
coats as low ~ $500, good ones. too.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

had nothing with him to eat. When
night again came he crawled out of his
shock OF corn and walked until day
light, when he found that he had re-
traced his steps in the darkness and was
on the Bellefontaine railroad only few
miles from the city. Disguised and
reckless from hunger he sought refuge
in the hayloft of n barn, Indifferent as
to whether he would be discovered or
not, though men came there to feed
the horses and almost stepped on him.
Finally hunger compelled him to go to
farmhouse, and, fortunately for him,
he went to Mr.. divers, who gave him
his breakfast and afterward hired him
to work as n farmland. Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver were strong union people and he
told them n plausible story of how he
had come up from Posey county to en-
list, but was unable to do so on account
Of a stop being put to enlisting. The
captain said that if Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
are living he imagined they would re-
member him on account of his able
bodied appetite and his fine flow of Ian
guage in abusing the confederates.
"a few days later he concluded to go
further north, and walked to a station
on the Bellefontaine railroad which
was about eight miles from the city
probably GAINESVILLE. There he had a
narrow escape from being recognized
by an officer who had been on duty at
the hospital, when, just in time, train
came along and he jumped aboard, not
knowing whether it would take him to
indianapolis or in the opposite direc-
ton. A number of union soldiers were
on the cars, and he told them his Posey
county story with such additions as
seemed necessary to the requirements
Of fine imagination, weighted down by
the depressing fact that he had no idea
where it was he was going. Like all
good stories, however, this one ended
happily, and the conductor, like fairy
good mother, transported him to Ohio,
where, if he did not live and die in peace,
he at least found friends. And, / grieve
to relate, did finally get down to Ken
lucky and joined John Morgan's cav
airy. This ended his story, except that
1 told him it would have had a different
ending had he wandered into Fletcher's
swamp when he escaped from the hos
pital. "-Indianap Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
RESCUED DEER,
Twenty-TOur of the Animals Hem
med In by the Ice.

Twenty-TOur of the Animals Hem
med In by the Ice.
Mans relation to the wild creatures
of the world is in the present day so
commonly that of destroyer that it is
pleasant to read of a case in which men
assumed the character of rescuers, and
in which the rescued were not unappre-
ciative of the kindness shown them.
An April of the present year two gen
tlemen of Bismarck, N. D., discovered
"a deer hemmed in by the ice and wa
ter above Bismarck. They were in a
clump of bushes, shut in by the ice,
neck-deep in water, and had become so
thoroughly chilled that they had no
power to save themselves.
The two men went to the spot in a
skiff and cut passage through the
ice, but even then they had to drive
the deer along and compel them to
swim ashore. The poor creatures were
nearly chilled to death, and two OF
them were quite helpless on reaching
land. These two were taken to barn
and thawed. They made no resistance
when carried in, and submitted to hav-
ing their legs rubbed to restore the cir
culation.
Even when they could walk again
they seemed in no hurry to depart
probably finding their warm quarters
more desirable than the icy water II
which they had so long stood. They
showed no distrust of their rescuers
and were manifestly grateful for the
help they had received.
Twelve other deer were found on
cake Of ice, and 1t was necessary tC
splash water on them to get them t.
swim ashore. In all probability boil
parties OF deer would have persisted bu
for the humane exertions of the tive
ent1emen.-Youth's Communion,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
Where Prayer Prevailed.
BY N QUAD,
Copyright, 1897.

There was an evangelist on the train
who was going to hold forth at Custer
City that might, and among the pas
sengers who approached him to shake
hands and wish him we'll was a rough
looking old fellow, who said:
"Im also goin' to git off at Custer,
and mebbe / could help you out lit
tie tonight"
perhaps so" was the doubtful reply.
"If you wanted me to stand up and
tell what the Lord did for me over at
Deadwood I should be glad to do it."
continued the old man.
"What happened over there?"
"Wall, 1 was passin' through town,
when the sheriff arrested me fur boss
steahn' tried to bluff him down, but
it was no go. He tugged me off to Jail
and said I'd git about ten years"
"And did the Lord assist you to break
out?" asked passenger near by.
ooh, no. About midnight that night
mob took me out of Jail to hang me.
There was about 100 men, and they was
fierce fur blood. Nuthin' 1 could say
had the least effect on 'em. They car
ried me along to tree, and then stood
me up on n bar'l and put the moose
over my head. I called upon Heaven
to witness that was an innocent man,
but they hooted at me-"
"But they didn'thang you?" observed
the man who had spoken before.
That's where my pint comes in y
smiled the old man. when all was
ready they gin me three minits to pray
knelt down on that bar'l and offered
up SIGH a prayer as was never heard
in that town before nor since. 1t JUS
went right to the hearts of some Of
'em, and when I was through they sait
I must be an innocent man. A part
wanted to hang me, and part didn't
but 0rter I had prayed agin they tool
the rope off my neck and femme go
One Teller gin me the boot as went
but he was a mean cuss and not wutf
the mindin'."
"And YOU think the Lord delivered
you?" asked the evangelist.
at know it. prayed fur it and go
| It,"
"You were arrested for stealing
horse, you said?"
eyes, sir"
"But you were an innocent man."
"That's where my pint comes il
agin!" laughed the old man, as h
rubbed his hands together. 81 XII
stand up before crowd and show ZEN
what comes of prayer and havin
faith"
81 don't exactly see"
"Don't you? Wall, when was ar
rested had three stolen bosses out il
the hills, and when they let me go
stole another and got away with tn
hull four!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

along the river, and up in Missouri
hawgs ar sellin' fur dollar apiece.
Hawgs luv canebrake and will git fat
on it. Jest send up thar fur about
eighty dollar-hawgs and turn 'em loose
down yere. In a var you'll hev three
hundred. In two Vars yO'll hev seven
hundred Jest material increase. Abe
Hope, and yo' won't hev to feed out an
ear O. CON. In two Vars YOU be pint
ed out as the owner of seven hundred
hawgs, and this county will demand
that yo' go to the legislachur'. Can't
he nothin' slicker nor surer. Hawgs
will do it, Abe Hope-hawgs will riz yo'
up and make a great man of yo'|"
"And so you went into hogs" |
asked.
"Not at bust," replied Abe-"not
skassly at fust. 1 sot down on log
to think it all out, and aXed the ole
woman what she thought about it, and
1 didn't jump in all at once. was still
thinkin' when Kurnel Bunker Gums
aalong agin and SEE:
"Mawnin' to yo', Abe Hope. How
about them hawgsT
SLANT got 'em yit, Kurnel Bunker
--hain't dun got 'em yit.'
elm powerful sorry SEE he, fur I'm
Jest now lookin' around fur hawg
candydnte fur sheriff. If yo' had five
hundred hawgs down in the canebrake
yo'd be the man fur me. Ar yo' allus
gwine to roost on a log, or ar yo' gwine
inter hawgs and soar away fur the tree
tops?'
"That sOrter decided me-" said the
old man, "and two weeks later got
down eighty hawgs and turned 'em
loose in that big canebrake down thar
They was likely lookin' hawgs and l
was mighty pleased. didn't never
catch sight of one of 'em arter he got
into the cane, but 1 knowed that they
was all thar suah 'nuff When spring
cum reckoned had three hundred
and all the folks around yere called me
Capting. Six months later l fggered
L had about five hundred, and all the
folks called me Majah. Didn't see a
.hawg all this time, mind yo', but l jest
knowed they was thar all the same"
"a canebrake is so thick that l don't
see how even pig could get around in
H." said, as the old man looked very
serious and dug up the black soil with
his toes.
"That was the hull pint of it." he an
swered with good deal of vigor
'Them canes is as thick as pins in G
paper, and q rabbit can't skassly move
about, l lsnOwed that, of co'se, but
'didnS think of it along with hawgs.
was waitin' fur the number to git NJ
to roo when Kurrel Bunker Gums along
one AFTERNOON with gun on his Shout
der and sunthin' in his game bag nnt
seq:
'Deev-nin,' Abe Hope, and yo' pea,
to be loolsin' as fine as silk. How's then
huwgs agittin'T
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

almighty clus to 700, reckon, SEE /.
"'Then it's time to begin to talk yo'
up fur offs. Heaps o. people hev hearl
bout them hawgs, and it's oil cumin'
out Jest as / said. They ar calm yo'
Alaiah all over the county to-day, and
three months hence they'll take thar
hats off to yo' as Kurnel Hope. Reckon
on bout 700 Of them hawgs, ehP
"Mighty clus to 700, kurnel.'
"'When did yo' count 'em lost?'
"'Nevah counted 'em tall, sab, but
they must be in that canebrake.
"'Of co'se--of co'se. A canebrake is
n right smart place fur hawgs. Abe
Hope, the road to greatness ar befo'
yo' A man with 700 hawgs kin run fur
any offs in these United States, by
the way, I've bin shootin' sum mighty
quare game lately, Hain't neither bird
nor animal. Got one yere, and I'd like
TO hev yo' look at t. I've bin Twin in
Arkansaw fur clus upon fo'ty Vars, but
nevah did see the like O. this thing in all
that time
at was powerful curiosity" said
Abe, "and l looked and looked and
mighty nigh got skeered o It,"
"And hadn't you seen the like be-
fore?" asked.
"Nevah. sah!" he replied, "and amt
like to agn. 1t wasn't no bird, kase it
had NO wings. 1t wasn't no fox nor
wild cnt, 'kase it had hoofs and bris-
ties. 1t was squeezed in as fiat MS a
pancake and almost as thin, and mebbe
IL was ten minits befo' made out what
sort Of armint ii was"
"And what was t?"
zone o. my hOwgs, sahl Yes, sab,
suah's yo'r alive to-day! He'd bin
aqueezin' between them canes till he
was no thicker than an inch bod, and
the only bristles left on him was along
his spine. Thar wasn't huff pork in
that hull hawg to grease skillit, and
il he could have growed out wings he'd
hev made n bird that would fly mile
u mint"
"But that was only one hog" said.
"All went jest the same way, sab.
Them canes sarved all alike. Folks
bin a shootin' 'em ever since fur mu-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
JOHNNY REB ESCAPES.
An Incident OF Camp Morton During
the War.


the War.
During summer vacation in one
of the charming valleys Of old Virginia
I met n man who told me he had been
prisoner of war at one time and was
confined at Camp Morton, near Indian
apolls, and that he had succeeded in
making his escape" The speaker was
Col. Joseph j.. Phipps, who is anIndian-
apolitan bvtn and bred, but who now
resides in Baltimore, and is assistant
adjutant general Of the First brigade
of the Maryland national guard.
81 confess" continued Col. Phipps,
to u fondness for the confederate vet
erans and like to hear them talk
though they seldom volunteer many
war "reminiscences, and one must be
fairly well acquainted with the old SOL
der to induce him to talk Of the stir
ring times when he patiently marched
through dust or mud and fought a los
ing fight on an empty stomach.
1.-THE confederate is getting to be gray
of head and wrinkled of face, and when
the last taps are sounded and all lights
are out and he has gone to the sleep
that hears no earthly reveille, there will
be no one to take his place, for he is a
type by himself. Slow of speech and
gentle in manner, he does not brag
much, and is reasonably fair in giving
credit where Credits due to the bravery
and endurance of the boys in blue,
against whom he fit endurin' the wah.
1t is the young men of the south, who
never heard bullet whistle, or hoofed
it with old Stonewall Jackson, or went
critter back with Stuart, or heard the
shrek of shell, or the moan of the
wounded, who are prone to tell amaz-
ing tales of the fight and capture of the
Yanks by the Johnny rebs at the rate
of 16 Yankees to one confederate, but
our veteran soldier will tell how them
there blamed Yanks came a skallyhoot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
THE SQUATTER SKETCHES.
Abe Hope Tells About Ills Specuia-
ton in Hogs and How 1t Paid.
Copyright 1897.
BY NJ QUAD.

Twas asking the old squatter one day
why he didn't have n pen and hog
or two to fattcn for his winter eating,
and after scratching his head for
awhile over the question he repled'
81 dun went into hawgs bout seven
vars ago, and don't want nuthin' mo-
to do with the pesky critters. had a
hundred dollars saved up to buy a
mewl when along Gums Hurnel Bunker
one day and ser:
"Mawnin' TO yo', Abe Hope, and I'm
trustin' that the ole woman ar well|
"'As well as usual SEE ].
"'And how be things with yo', Abe"
"Cant skassly complainant skass-
ly,'
"No, / reckon not. see yo've put
three new shingles on the roof and got
a new latch-string TO the doah since
was long yere var ago, and them
things show good times. Abe, why don't
yo riz up and go into polyticAs and'git
offs, same as hevT
i amt got no larnin' SEE l. II
takes me half an hour to spell the name
of Judas Iscariot outer the Bible, and
don't allus git the hull Of it them
"'That don't count seq he. 'Yo' kin
so to the legislachur' and keep yer
head rhet and nobody will never know
that yo' don't know nuthin'. Jest don't
bite yer plug terbnker with yer back
teeth, nor drink whisky outer jug,
and You pass with the rest of the
crowd. Law mel but was in the
legislachur' TO- Vars and never had to
write nor spell word! Yo' amt doin'
right by the woman nor yo'rself il yo'
don't riz UP and be sumbody.'
"Dut how kin | do it?' seq I, begin
min to fec! mo- like n white man.
$50 into hawgs,' seq he-'heaps o
hawgs. Yere's ten miles o. canebrake
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
wnr n nrarnl.al of France.

Somewhere in the south there is said
to be an ancient porcelain mug upon
which is engraved: George Washing
ton, ESQ.,, General-in-Chief of the Unit
ed States Army and Marshal of France"
The mug recalls the fact, so little
known, that Washington really was an
officer in the armies of the king OF
France. How the illustrious champion
If Yorktown received that title arose
in the following way: When old Count
Rochambeau came to this country it
was speedily made known that he could
not serve under Washington, as the old
lieutenant general could only be COM
manded by King in person or mar
shall of France 4 way out of the diff
Guilty was found by Col. Laurens, who
suggested that King Louis make Wash
ington a "Marechal de France" So It.
was done, and some of the auXiliaries So
addressed Washington at Yorktown
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

seums up moth, but mebbe thar ar a
few left yit. If had 100 of 'em I'd use
'em fur shingles on the cabin"
"And so you didn't rise up?
"Not skassly, sah-not skassly. Jest
strikes me that instead of risin' up
took drap down. Leastwise nobody
aint calm on me to run fur offs, and
them as called me maiah once now
make it plain Abe. No, l can't slkassly
say riz up-not skassly, but / amt
buyin' any mo- hawgs to turn loose into
canebrakes."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

in and nothing could stop them,
though l must say he is apt to get
slightly mixed as to the numbers en-
gagged on either side.
Speaking of numbers, was shown
a place where it was said that seven
confederates captured nearly 700 union
soldiers, and it was not good day for
capturing Yankees, either, and, fur
thermore, the man who told it to me
honestly believed it, too, but all this is
quite another story from that related
to me by Capt. H, telling of his es-
cape from indianapolis in the early
COS. lie was captured at Fort Donel-
son and brought to indianapolis aud
was confined at first, he said, in the
upper story of large building; soon
after he was transferred to Camp Nor
ton, and later on was detailed to serve
in the prison hospital. He could not
say just where this hospital was To-
Gated, but he thought the old Bellefon-
taine railway depot was used for that
purpose. The hospital steward was a
citizen who was an enthusiastic odd
fellow, and every Saturday night he
would forsake his pills and powders
to visit his lodge, leaving one of the de-
tailed prisoners in his room to be of
service in case he was needed. Know
ing this to be so, Capt. H (who was
not a commissioned officer at the time)
and two other prisoners determined to
make their escape through the windows
of that room, and would have attempted
it the next Saturday night had not the
man in the room, for some reason, be-
come badly frightened and refused to
unlock the door. AS it was, they made
! such racket that the officer of the
guard insisted on knowing what was
the trouble, so they had to make up a
story that they were in urgent need OF
medicine for one of the sick, and to
make their story good did force one
poor fellow to take double dose Of
medicine in spite of his protest that he
had been given right smart mess OF
that doctors stuff before, and that II
'peared to him they all were mighty
dogond free with it.
"The way of escape through the stew
ards room being impracticable, ant
knowing that their time was limited
the three held hasty consultation ant
agreed to risk everything by trying tC
get away through window at the enc
of the building. Capt. H walked
quickly to it and looked cut; an engine
was near by and its headlight made the
track light as day. The guard wa:
walking toward the end Of his beat will
his back toward the window, and con
Guiding that it was now or never will
him he dropped silently from the win
dow, walked boldly past the engine
and concealed himself in a garden
where he waited for his companions
they, however, for some reason did no
make the venture, and he lost no mor'
time, but struck out for the country
His wish was to go south, get to JET
fersonville, and from there to Kentucky
but having no idea of the points of thu
compass he went north and wandered
/, around in the dark and finally hid him
self in shock of corn in field, where
. he shivered all the next day. He hat
taken the precaution to wear an OF
military cap and citizens coat, bu
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
It Was Settled at Last.
Copyright, 1897.
BY NJ QUAD,

A s we were waiting in the depot at
~ Selma an old man who had to use a
cane TO help him along came in and
limped over TO the ticket'seller and in
quired:
"Wall, hev they done anything about
my claim yit?"
mo, slr--nothing done!" was the re-
ply.
"Are they goin' to?"
"Can't say"
The old man turned away and was
limping out when passenger halted
him and inquired If he had a claim
against the railroad.
"Yes, sab, / have" was the reply
"a train on this road killed one of my
hawgs."
"How long ago was that?"
"Jest 20 Vars ago last week"
slow often have you dropped in
here to see about it?"
"Oncc day, sah."
"And you have never been ahle TO
get n settlement"
"Never, sab. This road has had five
different presidents since that hawg
was killed, and the agent here has been
changed seven times, but never could
git no settlement. Jest pears like they
wanted to cheat me outer that hawg."
"Have you filed your claim?'
"'Deed I have, sah."
"And have you threatened them with
suit for damages?"
"Heaps O. times, sah Yes, bin 22
Vars tryin' to git a settlement, but
they dun hang Off on me-"
"Look here, colonel" said the passen-
ger, after moments thought, "was
that hog or pig?"
"Wall, sab, yo' might call it pig, !
reckon" replied the old man.
Eat or lean?"
"Rather lean, sab"
"Was pork cheap that year?"
powerful cheap, sab. Didn't pay to
raise hawgs,"
"And what was the amount of your
claim?"
zone dollar, sah."
"And what is it now?"
"Jest the same, sab one dollar
Don't want no mo- than a hawg is
worth, yo' know; and can't take NO
less"
"Well," said the passenger, as he
pulled out dollar and handed it over
"here's your money. This settles the
claim at last, and don't you bother this
railroad any more"
Thanks, sah,' replied the old man
as he pocketed the bill. "This makes us
squar' for the hawg, sab, and I shan't
bother you no mono mo- It's bin
a mighty long time, sah-mighty long
timer-but I knowed I'd git it if l stuck
out long huff, and the case is settled
Mawnin', ladies mawnin', gents
mawnin' to all, I shall be powerful
lonesome bout this time o day, but
shan't bother this railroad no mono
| moi"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
Whnt II WINS.

Mamma" said Germantown miss,
"what is a preamble?
"a preamble, a preamble" said the
preoccupied mother, isis what you
say before you begin."-North Amer
lean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
Rcd Hot.

"Did Hamfat succeed in warming the
audience in that new part of his?"
warming them? They were the
hottest lot of people I ever saw."-De'
troit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13
HIn snecinItx.

"Does your son worry you by con-
tracing debts?"
"He doesn't contract debts--he ex-
pands them."-ChicaGo Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

Carry Their Beds with Them.
Nearly all of the female servants or
Russia have to supply their own mat.
tresses, and place them in any conf
venient corner-usually IN the bitchenDt
IN. Y. Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

Have a useful and good wife in the
house, or don't marry at all.-Euri.
pides.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-06-12

mir jebep ein3elnen 9egenitanb, ben
i4 nit mir fiibrte, ab3upumpen, BON
Der 8IouIe bis gum 8epolper. 8ier
fpanii9e Soloaten, in boiler Uniform
uno nit @epehren perI eben, erf6ienen
pG6reno meiner 4npeien6eit i'm Ga
ger uno erfldrten, Iie tpoItsn ii6 ben
S%nfurgenten ani4lieBen. Sic puroen
eingsreibt, bod itren5 iibertpa4t, Da tie
ais Gtbil : 8urbiiten berOG4tig en-
I4ienen. Sin cubanif4er Offi3ier
t6eilte mir nit, OaB berurtige 8orz
tpmmnife bdufig nGren."
Gonierpdtipe 8eurt6siler Der Stud
tim IinD Der Nnii4t, DAB Die Qmerifdz
ner BEL Der 9ur6fii6rung hires
&rieg5plunes penig uuf Die Sniurgen=
ten re6nen f0nnten.
8erI8ieDene u%nterne6men0e iunge