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The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

The girls of town in Illinois will
play football. They will practice in
short dresses and play in bloomers.
The society and the church OF the
town are up in arms against this mas
culinity: but the girls will probably
have their own way until they have
murdered each other to the last girl.
For, OF course, having decided to play
the manly game, they will play 1t only
as men do
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05
rhs Men WIN STRIFE

Belliare, Ohio, Jan. Silt is thou, ght
that big strike may be looked for al
the Wheeling Iron and Steel Con !,
pany's works at Benwood, W. Va. Thu
company last week gave its employees
notice Of . reduction of from 10 to so
per cent. in wages after February 81.
The employees at the plate mill went
out on strike last Monday. This af.
ternoon the mill men met and rejected
the proposed new scale. A strike af-
fecdns 500 usa b probable.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05
COLORADO.

II the pension LIST is increased dur
ing the next five years as it has been
during the last thirty the government
will go bankrupt through its debt OF
gratitude and wonder what else 1t wal
ever saved for
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

"Stebbins' wife is going to make him 30 in
for geology .'Whats that forT" "Shs
can't make him keep himself tidy. and she
thinks II he is scientific 1t won't be noticed"
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

Educate Your Bowels with Casosrsts.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forevsf.
,oc. 25c HC c. c. fail. druggists refund money.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

"Your e1temporaneous talk on art was
Sc; / put In three solid weeks getting It up
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

'Don't you love bright sunshiny day In
winter?" mo: it makes my wife talk about
nouse- e-cleanng."
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

Ny doctor said l would die, but Piso's Cure
for Consumption cured me.-Amos helnef.
Cherry Valley. Ills, Nov D. 1895.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-05

I'm 1870 the standard of money in
this country was 412l5 grains of silver
No man doubts that. In 1870 when we
voted to issue the bonds there was a
provision in the act that the bonds
should be made payable In coin Of
standard value. The coin Of standard
value was 412h grains OF silver It
was exchangeable for 2322 grains Of
gold, because the mints were open to
both, but the standard was the silver
dollar. In 1878 the free coinage of sill
yer was destroyed by law.
.Iest that might be construed to
change the legal effect Of the obliga.
lions of the government after. that had
happened, in 1875, when we came to
pass the specie-resumption law, at a
time when the mints Of the country
were closed to silver, then both houses
OF Congress enacted into legislation a
provision that bonds thereafter issued
should be bonds of the same character
n those issued under the act Of July
n. 1870; and as q matter Of fact, ev-
ery bond issued since 1873, when the
mint were closed to silver, reads upon
!. III face: This bond, principal and In
tereet. IL payable In coin OF the stan
dard Of value Of July IA, 1S7O.'
ave have had suggestions from bf-
u,etaIlists ON this side who are, some
a fhem I regret to say, bimetallists on
= eold basis, that under the provisions
a this resolution we are attacking the
jntsgrity and good faith of the govern.
0eof, In the century now closing I
NpSw q bat one act which Stands eut
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

Bamberger Coal Co, 1s1 Main.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

Evidently the train disoatche- was
getting uneasy. Cause for uneasiness
there undoubtedly was. The road be-
tween Coal Tower and lockwood was
particularly dangerous. For almost the
entire distance it ran between the
mountain and the river. so that il Was
| exposed on one side to the danger OF
falling rocks and earth, and on the
other to the destructiveness of the now
swollen current. This the dispatcher
knew as we'll as 1, and the lapse of time
since No. had passed Coal Tower
raised 2 strong probability thai some
thing had gone wrong.
AT the end of twenty minutes No. 4
had not yet made its appearance at
lockwood. The dispatcher called me
again, and I answered.
Get the foreman OUT said he. have
him get what help he can, take the
handcar and find out what's wrong
with No. A.
30 x 1 said
Then, grabbing my hat, ;eft the Of
flee to take care of itself ana started
on a brisl. run across the field to the
foremans house. 1 pounded violently
on the door, and shouted as iolld as [
could Then l heard a window raised,
and the foreman stuck his head out of
the aperture.
"Hanoa!'' he cried: what's ua?"
"Harrisville wants you right away
I shouted back. Come over to the Of
fee and bring Jake with you; you'll
need hel9''
What's the trouble, Billy?"
no. 4 is lost between here and Rock
wood. They want you to take a. hand
car and run down and see what is
wrong
''All right, I'll be over in a few min
utes."
ran back across the field as fast as
I could, and arrived at the office out of
breath / told the dispatcher what 1
had done, and learned in return that
No. had not yet passed lockwood, nor
was there any sign of her.
Accompanied by his son, Jake, the
foreman appeared a few minutes later.
The three of us pulled the hand-car
out of the tool shed and lifted it onto
the rails. AS the two men began to
work the lever l shouted my final in
structions:
Keep on until you find her, Barney.
Then hustle back and report
TN find her, Billy, if she's on the
rails"
When Barneys hand-car had disap-
peared in the fog returned to the Of
fee, called up the dispatcher and told
him that the searching expedition had
that there were no signs of No. 4. 1
filled my pipe and tried to patiently
await the foreman's return.
But l was restless. Every few min
utes l walked to the window, opened it
and stuck out my head to listen. [
fancied that I could hear the cries of
men, the hiss Of escaping steam, the
grinding noise of breaking tinbers.
Then I sat down again and smoked
violently. watching the smoke curl
itself into fantastic shapes as it drift
ed ceilingward. Once, when the sound
er, after being quiet for a minute. open
ed with sharp click, I started from
the chair, Was it a landslide or a
washout? That was the question 1
made no allowance for anything less
disastrous.
After a tiresome period of waiting I
saw lantern approaching. From the
way it bobbed up and down I knew
that the person carrying it was run
ming. Then the door below opened and
heard the labored breathing, or some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

turned; reports bad washout at the
Rock. Both tracks have been washed
into the river, and No. has evidently
gone with them
A period of excitement ensued. The
dispatcher's office was thrown into con-
fusion. The wires fairly sang with or
ders holding trains here and calling for
help there. The superintendent was
called out of bed. He, with several mi
nor officials, a lineT1an and a tele-
graph operator, started for the scene of
the disaster. Meanwhile, all the avail
| able working gangs, shop hands. etc,
were got together and held in readiness
to start for the washout at a moments
notice. Those of US who We're forced
to remain at our posts settled back
| and waited for what was to come.
What did come was so unexpected
that l shall never forget the feeling of
CONSERVATION, mingled with the sense
of relief, that overcame me; for in the
midst of the universal commotion,
when everybody was horror-stricken at
; the fate of the lost train, when relief
trains and wrecking crews were assem-
bling and officials were flying to the
scene with all speed, an engine hauling
a long train of sleeperS pulled up to the
Tower from the west. While the
wheels were yet turning, the engineer,
carrying blazing torch, leaped from
the engine and hurried UP into the Of
fee. [ turned to meet him expectantly,
for no train, with the exception of No
4, which had passed and was now sup
posed to be in the river, was known to
be within miles of Coal Tower
Bud, the engineer said, as he ap-
peared at the head of the stairs, tell
Harrisville that the engine of No. 4
broke down about two miles west of
here, but that I have made temporary
repairs and will take the train in"
No A." 1 cried, in establishment
why, No. 4 passed here more than an
hour ago. She's in the river now
Say, what asylum did you escape
from, anyway, young fellow. No is
outside here, lying high and dry on the
rails
DO you mean to say that No. did
MT pass here at 1922" L asked, eagerly
A possibility was beginning to dawn
upon my mind.
Pass nothing" the big engineer
snorted. Il guess you've been pound
ing your ear. I've been lying three
miles west of here, fixing up that GUS
sed engine to take US in"
We'll" 1 said, ''if No. didn't pass
here at 1922, her ghost did, that's all. -
Then I told him in detail the events
of the night-how a train, which ], sup
posed to be No. 4, had passed Coal
Tower, but had never passed Rock
wood: how the foreman had started in
search of her, and had discovered the
washout, and how he had returned
with the news that No. was in the
river.
He listened attentively until I had
finished
well, that is queer" he admitted
Il suppose when the old man gets
here he will raise the devil with you
All the same, it's a good thing for ev-
erybody that you did so to sleep and
dream that No. 4 had passed; other
wise she would, indeed, have taken the
plunge"
Inside of twenty-four hours the wash
out had been bridged temporarily. and
trains were moving as usual But I
did no more railroading at Coal Tower
o. S. Baking Powder is the Favor
lite, because it is cheap and good.
Price, 5 OF. can, 1Oc; 8 OF. can at
15c; 10 OF. can at 25c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

one on the stairs. In another moment
the face of Barney, the foreman, APP
peared above the railing, but so white
and drawn that scarcely recognized
it. He sat down in a chair, painting
hard. Then I saw that he was bleeding
profusely from a cut on the arm.
What in the name of heaven is
wrong, Barney" l asked. Where's
your hand-car and how did you find
No ~"
THE hand-car's in the river, Billy. 1
guess No. As there, too. Jake and me
stopped off on this side.'
What do you mean, man?' l cried,
impatiently.
81 mean that there's no railroad left
at the Rock It's in the river-ties, rails,
train and all. We saw the washout just
in time to jump; the car went oyer the
bank. Jake hurt his leg-couldn't walk.
I came back as fast as I could to tell
you. Must have hurt myself, too" he
went on, noticing the blood for the first
time.
Turning to the wire I steadied my
nerves as best I could and transmitted
this message to the dispatcher:
'9To E. j. McC.: Foreman just re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
.1--1'
Piles Are Easily Cured.

Nature has provided specific for
piles. 1t is the active principle of the
common buckeye. This principle is ex-
tracted by a special process and in
combination with other remedies forms
Tabler's Pile Ointment.
This ointment cures nothing but piles,
but it cures blind, bleeding and pro-
truding piles every time. 1t makes OPP
erationS needless; cures when opera
lions fail This is why physicians rec
ommend it. Bottles, so cents. In special
tubes for handy application, rs cents.
Can be sent by mail
Sold by T. C. NJ. I. Drug Department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
His Life was Saved.

Mr.. ]. E. Lilly. prominent citizen OF
Hannibal, Mo-, lately had a wonderful
Geliverance from frightful death. In
telling of it, he says: Il was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ran into
Pneun onia. My lungs became hard
ened. 1 was so weak couldn't ever sit
up III bed Nothing helped me. L ex-
pected to soon die of Consumption,
when 1 heard of Dr. Kings New Dis
covery. One bottle gave great relief
l continued to use it, and now am well
and strong. 1 can't say too much in
it's praise" This marvellous medicine
is the slIrest and quickest cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung Trouble.
Regular sizes 80 cents and 81 &c Trial
bottles free, at z. c. NJ. I. drug depart
mont
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
THE MISHAP OF NO. 4.
BY C. w. REAMER.

Copyright, 1898. by c. w. Reamer.)
In my early days had been a rail-
road telegrapher, but my aspirations
for a wider sphere OF action had led me
into the city, where spent ten years
in the service of one of the large COM
mercial telegraph companies. During
this period I managed by some hard
grinding to complete a. course in a
well known medical college, and quail
fed myself before the state board of ex-
aminers for the practice Of my profess
sion. To do this, however, had under
gone a severe physical and mental
strain, which made a rest and a
change Of scene imperative before be-
ginning the fight for success which
knew must follow. I therefore deter
mined TO return for a short period to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

ord and marked down the time. 1922.
Opening the key, I reported to the
train dispatcher and to the block Office
on either side of me that No. had
passed coal tower. This routine duty
performed, I again lay back in the
chair and waited for the lick of the
instrument TO tell me that No. had
passed lockwood, the next office east,
and was beyond my jurisdiction.
Five minutes was ample time for this,
but ten minutes had passed, and the re-
port did not come. Then 1 heard the
dispatcher call uD lockwood on the
wire. and say:
&c. A. No A."
Not yet" was the reply.
Five minutes later the dispatcher
called lockwood again, and asked the
stereotyped question:
ANY sign No. ~"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

q. S. Baking Powder is the Favor
lite, because it is cheap and good.
Price, 5 OF. can, 1Oc; OF. can at
15c; 10 OF. can at Csc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

Richard Henry Stoddards long sconnec-
ton with the Mail and Express as literary
critic suggests William Winters long
critic. This is further, and quite as aptly
suggested, however, by the recent ex-
change of fire between Mr.. Winter and
Mr.. Hall Cafne over the merits of Mr.
Game s play, The Christian for inciden-
tally, in this encounter, Mr. Winters age
became quite an issue. With an eye fixed
Enthusiastically on Mr.. Winter, Mr. Game
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
For Personal Reasons.
washington Star.l

Nv etSIIIIIs5 LUII koLttI.J
I'm an anti-expansiOnist, clean
t'roo." said Meandering Mike, with
great earnestness. Il hadn't give the
question much thought, but I'm con-
WINGED now dat dis cOuntry's spread
over too much ground already"
Il don't see as it makes much differ
ence, responded Flooding Pete.
American institutions is all right
But I would like some place left to
travel to where from de last O Novem-
Der till de middle O. January you don [
git no handouts exceD' mince pie an
cold turkey"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
ONLY sEvENTY-THREE HOURS
Salt Lake to New york.

By a recent change in schedule the
overland limited of the Union Pacific
and Northwestern, in connection with
the L. S. & NJ S. and N Y c. & H. r.
r., now make the unparalleled time
record of only three days to New York.
Train leaves Salt Lake a. M; Ogden.
$40 a. m. daily; arrives Chicago 7:45 q.
M, and Grand Central depot, New
York City, 1885 a. M, second and third
days, respectively. Only one change of
cars and II hours quickest time. For
purchase of tickets and reservation of
berths call at the "Old Stand,'' POI Main
street. or address H. NJ. Clay, general
agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

Try Hewlett Bros. Pure Three
Crown Spices. They are always nice
and fresh, because we have our own
mills and grind them fresh every
day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

Since Mark Twain's recent announce
ment of his final retirement from the
lecture platform regret has been eX-
pressed in England that of all English
speaking nations the only one in which
Mark Twain had never appeared as a.
lecturer should be England itself. The
fact is rather singular. Mark Twain s
books have had even heartier apprecia-
ton in England that here; the man
himself has long been well known and
greatly liked there. Therefore. it is
rather strange that England should al
ways have been avoided by him in his
lecture tours. In his early days, the ex-
perience of Artemus Ward might natur-
ally have been an encouragement to him
to try his fortunes there. They were
friends; and in other directions Artemus
was somewhat of an eXemplar to him.
1t was the latter part of 1866 that Ward
set all England roaring with delight
over his humorist lectures; and it was
about the same time that Mark Twain
made his first venture as a lecturer.
He had just returned from a six-months'
sojourn in the Hawaiian islands, and his
first lectures were delivered in California
and Nevada The next year he made the
Journey that supplied the material for
The Innocents Abroad" Ward, the
meanwhile had had three months of IN
broken triumph in England and had
made lot of money; then the last rem
nant of his health, which had long been
very delicate. gave way and in March,
1867, still in England, he died.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

George Gissing is not the only English
man of that family name who is a fruitful
producer of novels. Georges choice of a
somewhat sensational field-life in the
more wretched quarters of London-has
made him the better known, but there is
an Algernon Gissing who has averaged
a novel a year during the last ten years.
The two are brothers, think. but of that
[ am not quite certain. They We're both
born at Wakefield Eng, and Algernon is
the younger by three years. He has none
of Georges fondness for London; he lives
up near the Scottish border, among the
hills, and the titles "a Village Hampden''
and "a Moorland Idyl'' Indicate sufficient
ly in what direction his taste and pen
run. He began life as q solicitor but has
been employed wholly in authorship since
t tSat o rs n9t gferay kn9Tn bd9 1E
literary career in the United States. He
came over here when he was about 20
that is to say, about 1S77-and spent a
year writing the meanwhile more or less.
e. c.. MARTIN.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
Wool Tariff q Failure.

The New York wool exchange has
quit business. President Allen Nc.
Naughton, in explanation, says:
Owing to the depressed conditions OF
the wool market, and it appearing that
improvement in that direction is not
likely to occur for some time, 1t has
been deemed for the best interests OF
the corporation and its stockholders to
discontinue all further operations In
wool until a better outlook presents
ITSELF" Wool growers ought to learn
by this time what little use tariff Is
to give them good prices for wool
They ought to learn that promises
held out to them by the Republican
campaign speakers are only like sc
much chaff, are only made to influence
their votes. With II cents tariff or
wool the price is so depressed that II
doesn't pay to keep open the ex-
change.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

ernments that order, property and LIE
are and have been the least secure.
That there is an undercurrent OF dis
content in this country Is true. 1t Is
also true that dangerous outbreaks IN
evidence of it occur from time to time.
1t is only reasonable to say that this
discomfort has its origin In real abuse
and injustice, the lack of employment
of labor due to the gold standard aud
its power to concentrate wealth in the
hands of the few. It IS folly for any
one to say that our domestic discomfort
is without cause. Supporters Of the
American republic have but one course
open to them. They must search out
the abuses and injustice that breed dis
content and remove them. The issue
is status quo Of our political econo-
my and methods Of government, with
an army establishment to suppress the
instructions which their unreformed
continuance will bring on, upon the
one hand, or, ON the other, tireless and
earnest work to remove the abuses and
injustice and thus remove the discon-
tent and avoid domestic instruction.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
A Song and a Sigh.

IN summer skies what castles grew
Along the shores of the ocean blue!
How many a fleet of fancies fine
Full rugged went sailing down the line!
wait upon this weary strand
Looking for Them, but they were manned
By phantoms in q gay disguise
That fitted well-in summer skies.
Those summer skies were blessed seas
Of sweet, mysterious, wind-kissed ease
Sometimes float thro' later dreams
Above the mean, unworthy schemes
For daily bread, upon the tide
Where early hopes were trimmed and
tried.
And often, to my glad surprise,
They're anchored-in those summer skies
Some summer skies were painted gray
Some portion of troubled day.
Twas just a misty. tear-stained veil,
Drawn where laughing hope would sail.
But now the veil hangs over all
A dismal, dreary, somber pail
Tho now and then my tired eyes
Find sunsets in some summer skies.
In summer skies of long ago
The pictures caught heavenly glow;
And those I brought away are bright
With an untarnished. precious light.
It pleases me to hang them here.
With other treasures old and dear,
In my small bit of paradise
My windowful of summer skies.
George L. Bowen, in The Chicago Re-
cord.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
THE PARTY rs RIGHT.
THROUGH DEMOCRACY PLU-
TOCRACY MUST FALL.
The Republican IInperialistic Plan of
SURPRISING the Right Of People to
Vote-Plan to Govern by Military Force
-Hannaism Growing Wilder.

1t Is reported that government ar
chitects in making plans for pro-
posed public building in Chicago have
laid out the lower story on the lines
of fertilization. Their objects for
this defensive plan is not to provide
against foreign aggression, but to re-
sist domestic riot For some time an
influential body of our citizens, with
the same danger in view, has advocat-
ed an increase in the army and its
concentration in the centers of popu-
lation. The remedy thus proposed to
meet recurring and increasing crisis
is not the removal of the causes, but
only the suppression of manifesto
ton Of discomfort. Those advocating
military concentration at centers OF
population are placed on one or other
horn of a dilemma. Either our po-
litical economy and method of govern
ment is so partial and discriminating
as to Justly discomfort to the point OF
violence and instruction in the body
or the workers of our free institu-
lions and popular government have
produced lawless and dangerous class
so large as to defy peace officers and
to require military control, Either OF
these views Is deadly arraignment OF
the American republic. Those who
advocate permanent military establish
ments at large centers Of population
assume by logical implication, first,
that existing sources Of discomfort will
grow to need military force for the
control of the disconnected; second
that a large army is required for do.
nestle rather than foreign foes, and
third, that American free institutions
and popular control of government are
insufficient to preserve order, protect
property, or even to secure the life OF
the citizen from violence. In other
words, the American republic Is q
failure; the powers Of government car
no longer be derived from the con
sent Of the governed, but must hence
forth grow out Of certain class of thu
people and be supported by an efficien