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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
THE ENGINEERS STORY.

Well, yes, 'tis hair-curlin' story
/ would II could not be recalled
The terrible fright Of that hell ll-tinctured
night
Is the cause of my head bein' bald
/ was runnin' the Git-There express, sir,
On the Yankee Creek Jerkwater Line,
An the track along there was as crooked,
swear,
AS the growth Of a field pumpkin vine.
Ny run was q night one, an nights on the
Yank
War as black as the coal piled back there
on the tank.
We pulled out of Tenderfoot station
A day and almost a half late,
An every ourn wheel was a-poundin' the
steel
At wildly extravagant rate!
My fireman KEEP pilin' the coal in
The jaws of the oil "a
Till the sweat from his nose seemed to play
through hose
An splashed round his feet on the floor
AS we thundered along like a demon in
flight,
A-rippin' a streak through the breast Of
the night!
AS we rounded curve on the mountain,
Full sixty an hour. will swear,
Just ahead was a sight that with blood
freezin' fright
"Oulu nave TdlSSd d SluHeu
hair!
The bridge over Ute Creek was burnin',
The flames shootin' up in their glee!
My Cod how they cleaned in the air, till
they seemed
Like fiery-tongued imps on a spree!
jest snickered an sparkled an laughed
like they knowed
I'd make my next trip on different road !!
In frenzy / reached for the throttle,
But twas stuck an refused to obey!
! yelled in alright, for our maddening
fight
felt that never could stay.
Then wildly grasped the big lever,
Threw her over, then held my hot breath.
An waited fur what / assuredly thought
Was a sure an a terrible death!
Then came the wild crash, an with horror
fringed yell
Down into that great fiery chasm fell!
When l came to myself l was lying
On the floor of the bedroom; my wife
Sat astride of my form, an was making 1t
warm
For her darling, you bet your sweet life!
My hair she had clutched in her fingers
An was jamming my head on the floor
Yet yelled with delight when l found that
my fright
Was horrible dream, nothing more!
1 had wildly grabbed one of her ankles, she
said,
An reversed her clear over the head of the
bed!
Denver Evening Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20

hNOU are as good as dead" said the
doctor, looking steadily at Ana
tole.
pass a cheerful evening with his old
friend, DR.. Bardais, the savant whose
works in poisonous substances are SO
well and favorably known, but one
whose excellence Of heart and almost
fatherly kindness Anatole had been
able to appreciate more than anyone.
And now all of sudden, without re-
gard for his feelings, without being
prepared to hear it, the terrible prog
nostic is uttered by SO great an author
ity.
'Unfortunate fellow" continued the
doctor, what have you done?"
Nothing that l know Of" stam-
mered Anatole, greatly troubled.
"Try to recollect. Tell me what you
have drank, what you have eaten, and
what you have breathed.'
The last word spoken by the doctor
was a ray of light to Anatole. That
very morning he had received letter
from one of his friends who was trav-
cling in India. In this letter had
been flower plucked on the shores
of the Ganges by the traveler-a flow
er, red, warped, and of bizarre shape,
the odor of which, he remembered well
now, had seemed to him strangely pene-
trating. Anatoie searched in his pock-
etbook and took therefrom the letter
and flower in question, which he showed
to the savant.
without doubt" exclaimed the doc
tor, lit is the Pyramenensis Indica-
the fatal flower. the flower of death" ;"
do you really think SOP"
Il am sure of it,
"But it is not possible. / am only %
years old. | feel myself full of life and
health
"When did you open that fatal let
ter?''
''At nine o'clock this morning"
well, tomorrow morning, at the
same hour, indeed at the same moment,
you will feel sharp anguish at the
heart. and it will be all over with you"
And do you not know any remedy,
any means Of"
"None," said the doctor, and, hiding
his face in his hands, he sank back
ward in his armchair, choked with
grief.
From the emotion displayed by his
oil friend, Anatole realized that there
was no hope. He departed in dazed
manner.
With beads of cold perspiration on
his brow and his thoughts confused,
Anatole moved along unconscious of
what was passing around him. and not
even suspecting that the streets were
becoming deserted. He wandered a
long time thus; but at length, coming
to bench, he sat down.
The rest did him good. Until then
he had been like a man who has been
struck on the head with a club. The
effects of the shock We're disappearing,
and he began now TO collect his va
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
Killed by n Train.

In railroad accident Robert Frenzel,
of Oakfield, and Mrs. A. Kettler, his
mother-in-law, were instantly killed
and Mrs Frenzel seriously injured. The
party had been shopping and were re-
turning home in a closed carriage. The
vehicle was driven across the Wiscon-
sin Central track just as the Chicago
train approached. The occupants were
hurled 80 feet and the carriage reduced
to splinters.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
GrounI to Pieces.

Joseph Jones, aged 20, night operator
ct Beaver Dam Junction, threw him
self under moving freight train and
was cut to pieces. 1t was his second day
there, his home being at Randolph. He
wrote two letters and set the signals to
block the train before he went out to
end his life. One letter is to his mother,
Mrs. A. Z. Jones, of Minneapolis, and
one is to Mrs. John Roberts, of Ran.
dolph
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
His Fa tnI Blunder.

Don't you think you could learn to
love me, Mildred'?" faltered the young
man.
II might have done so, Harry" she
answered, ''if you had not taught me to
play chess, but how can | ever learn to
love man whom | can give the odds Of
a pawn and checkmate in 13 moves ?'-
Chicago Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20

A serious stabbing affair occurred in
Ashland. Two tramps entered the sa-
loon of John Jerold and refused to leave
when ordered. Jerold attempted 10
eject them forcibly. when one drew
knife and stabbed him in the breast.
,Ierold tainted and fell and the tramps
started to run, but were captured out
side the doorway Jerold's wound is
serious. but he will likely live.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
old Soldiers Body Found.

The body OF Peter Mckinney, of Turtle
Lake, was found in decomposed state
in the mill pond. A letter from the SOL
diers home, Milwaukee, was found on
his person, inclosing free transporta-
ton to the home. The body had prob
ably been in the water for several
months.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
Only the, Begin Dfn q.

''Yes," said Uncle Eben, you and
William think if you can only marry
each other you won't want anything
else in this world. But after you are
married you will find it is only a step
ping stone to wanting everything else
In the world. Harlem Life
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20

one owned by George Straight. The
dead are: John Brisnois, sawyer; Will
liam Olson, sawyer, and Lem Wilcox,
foreman. Engineer p. A. Briggs and
four Others were injured, two fatally.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
Fatal ExplOsfon.

Three men killed and five injured is
the result of boiler explosion in saw
mill located about eight miles east Of
Chippewa Falls. The mill was a small
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
The Flower of Deeash
A Night OF Wild Despair and Its ,oytuI
Morning

''VOU are as good as dead" said the
doctor, looking steadily at Ana
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19

show that he meant to be foreceful," he
said-and the joke won the day. The
rather gave his consent to what proved
a most happy union
LOYAL TO THE CRAFT.
Bob Burdettes success did not swerve
him from his early-day loyalty to the
printing craft. He was ever the friend
OF the peripatetic disciple of Faust and
Gutenberg, and never turned deaf ear
to an appeal from the worthy-and often
unworthy-printer. Burdette's success
In Burlington was phenomenal Within
a few months after he assumed his po-
sition on the Hawkeye there were BUR
dette" cigars and "Burdette' neckties,
and "Burdette" was the favorite middle
name for youngsters who needed appella-
tions after Burdette had become famous
at least in Iowa. The boat crew named
their barge the Bob Burdette." The
bright humorist Is one of the veteran
newspaper men whom prosperity and
fame has not weaned from the fond rec
objections of the early days, before the
linotype robbed the art Of its charms.
RILEY'S BAD BREAK.
James Whitcomb Riley. poet, author
and printer, found himself in an Indiana
lown without funds. He IS a man of re-
.sourcefuiness. He conceived a plan to
raise the dust" Employing a manager,
Aho soeoi tCU oul dS q DttIlQ SlSn
Riley has great mournful gray eyes, and
the role fitted him to nicely. His plan
was to go from town to town painting
signs as an advertisement for store
keepers, who were naturally in sympa-
thy with the poor "blind" man. And
Riley could WELD the brush, at that His
manager would announce that the
blind" sign painter would make as
straight line across the sign board as
though he were in full possession of his
sight and he did. One day. as Riley was
on the ladder. feeling his way across
the signboard, farmer. who was gazing
up at him, with mouth wide open, re-
marked:
Say, Bill, that there feller amt no
more blind than you be-"
Riley says 1t was too much for him to
withstand. He looked down at the
speaker slowly but significantly, closed
one Of those mournful orbs In a wink
The farmer and his friend Caught on"
Yes, Riley escaped alive. but he aban-
doned the calling of a blind sign paint
er. Willie Green.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19
Travel Back IN The sos.
How the Seventy Ago.
How the Good Peopl,

z
How did people come to st. Paul be-
tween the years 1886 and 1910? How did
they reach Minnesota and by what
routes? Well. there was no st. Paul in
those days. There was no Minnesota
and very little Of Chicago. Even the ter
ritory of Minnesota ::was embraced in a
wide scope Of country then, recognized as
Wisconsin territory. Few people wan
dered up this way dn those days, and
what few pioneers did come made the
trip, say from Boston, via little piece Of
railroad. forty-two miles long. to Provi
dence, thence by stage to Albany. N. Y,
and from Albany on the Erie canal to
Buffalo. Them they were away out
West Then the pioneer could move,
either by sailing craft or steamboat. to
Detroit, distance of 3f7 miles. From
Detroit. he could continue his journey
on 70 Fort Howard. Wisconsin territory.
via Mackinaw, Fort Brady and Navarino,
distance of 557 miles. Then he was in
was another steamboat route open to him
from Detroit. via Point au Baraaes.
Mich, Mackinaw, Big Beaver island,
Manitou isles. Milwaukee. Wisconsin ter
ritory, and down to little village called
Chicago, ILL.,. total distance of Ill miles.
At Chicago, according to "MitchelI's
Travellers Guide" a rare work. published
and copyrighted in 1910, the pioneer in
the great West would then be LII miles
from New York city,. To reach Galena,
on the Mississippi river, he must, per-
force, make a stage journey of i62 miles,
and would then be 1872 miles from the
metropolis of New York. 1t is obvious
that his further journeyings up into the
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19
SMALLEST SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC
The Little Land of Uruguay Magnificent Capital

every day or SO you can get ship from
this city to Europe.
There are also steamers to and from
the ports of Brazil, and there are boats
here which will take you for thousands
of miles up the Parana, Paraguay and
Uruguay rivers. / travelled more than
1.200 miles on river steamers in coming
here. I took ship at Asuncion In Para
quay. and after a couple of hundred miles
on the Paraguay river travelled some :
thing like 500 miles on the Parana and
$50 miles on the Rio de la Plaza to reach
Montevideo.
FINE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
find Montevideo better built than the
other South American cities l have Nis-
ited. About one-fifth of the hoises are
of three stories. They are n.;ile of stone
quarried nearby and are In architecture.
more like the cities of Europe than those
of South America Many Of the houses
are covered with stucco. and some of
them are painted In bright colors. Some
are very large. The Soils theateH. for
Instance. covers almost two acres and
will seat 5000 spectators. 1t was built
more than forty years ago and cost $780,
90, at that time. Sarah BernharGt has
Played In 1t. and not long ago Patti sang
there at her usual high prices
Another fine building Is the BOlsa, or
stock exchange, at the corner of ZaVala
and Piedras streets. This was built in
1863 and cost just about half as much as
the opera house. 1t is the stock gambling
place of Uruguay and like the stock eX-
change of Buenos Ayres has seen some
notable crazes. Uruguay went wild
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19

1t is a city Of newspapers. libraries and
schools. There Is a national library,
which contains $4,000 volumes. 1t has
national museum, in which there are 49,
600 objects. 1t is the center Of intelli-
gence, for the country and the leading
dailies, weeklies and monthlies are pub
lished here. Most of the dailies are in
Spanish. but there are two daily English
newspapers and an Italian newspaper
and also one in French.
AS to the school system, this is stead
.ly improving. There are 500 more schools
In Uruguay now than there were In 1876
although as yet only 8 per cent of the
population attend them. and the major
1ty of the common people cannot read
and write. There are now In the neigh
borhood of 1000 institutions of learning
public and private. There are about 2.o00
school teachers, of whom more than two
thirds are women. Teachers IRE well
paid. the average being about s35 a
month. Most of the teachers are for
eigners. there being only COG native teach
ers in the 1880 in service. Normal schools
have. however, been established. and
there Will be an increased number of ma
tive teachers in the future
Montevideo has university with
eighty-ffve professors and $40 students
The course in this is very complete, law
medicine. engineering and the ordinary
college studies being taught. 1t is sup
ported by the government. The govern
ment also supports an industrial school,
which has 243 pupils, and a military col
lege, which has forty-eight pupils.
The country has a good postal and tele-
graph system. 1t has over 1900 miles Of
telegraph lines. and in the neighborhood
of $4,000 kilograms are annually sent.
There are 636 postoffices, and last year
the postoffice handled in the leighbor-
hood of 10000 900 letters and about 26 000,-
900 newspapers and packages.
STREET SCENES IN MONTEVIDEO
But let us go through the city and look
at the people. We start at the wharf
and walk over the cobblestones up .ha
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19
Evolution of the Sleeping Car.


In 1856 the first sleeping car was pro-
duced by Theo. T. Woodruff. 1t consisted
OF simply a fiat top coach provided with
mattresses and blankets.
In 1858 Webster Wagner produced an
Improvement on Woodruff's car, with
larger berths and raised roof, giving bet
ter ventilation
In 1864 Geo. M. Pullman built his first
sleeping car. the Pioneer" comprising
many new features and at that time con-
sidered veritabIe palace"
Constant improvements and additions
have been made to sleeping and parlor
cars, day coaches and general railway
M. & st. P. Ry. produced the now cele-
brated Pioneer Limited trains (two), at
a cost of S275, 100000. They run daily be-
tween st. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee
feet trains in the world The berths in
the private compartment sleeping cars
and sixteen-section sleepers are longer.
higher and wider than those in any other
cars ever built.
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is to an Accomplished Rascal

certain reaSons), was mustered out in
one Of the chief cities of that state. and
nothing was too good for it's gallant COM
mander. He was sought after socially,
and by the business community, and soon
became as popular as La Croix had been
in st. Peter. He married one Of the most
beautiful and aristocratic young ladies
of the state, and was appointed to the
position of general inspector of agencies
OF one Of the great insurance companies
of Connecticut, and he decided to improve
the opportunity Of his first tour as g.
pleasant way Of passing his honeymoon.
So he started West with his confiding
wife,
I forgot to mention that when La Crofx
reached St. Paul. after leaving St. Peter,
he drew and cashed a small draft of a
few hundred dollars on his employer and
appropriated the proceeds.
His luck seemed to have deserted him
on his wedding trip, as, on arriving at
Cleveland, O., citizen of st. Peter met
and recognized him as his old friend La
Croix, and not knowing he was a briga
dier general slapped him Familiarity on
the shoulder and said.. "Hello, La Croix.
I am glad to see YOU The general was
Immediately indignant. and spurned his
new-found friend, which angered the lat
ter exceedingly, and he at once tele-
graphed to st. Peter, and received a
reply to have the party arrested and
held, which he did. The general wired
to his principals, setting forth his diff
Guilty, saying 1t was all a case of mis-
taken identity. They instructed their
agent in Cleveland to go Gen. Thomp-
sons bail for any amount required, which
was done, and he at once started for
home to procure evidence, leaving his
wife to await his return, and that was
the last seen Of Gen. Thompson for many
years. I believe, however, he was once
recognized in Vienna.
Time passed; the West grew and ex-
panded. Many new states were admitted
into the Union; many immigrants were
attracted to it's fertile fields and booming
cities, very few Of their number hailing
from either Minnesota or Connecticut.
Among them, however, was gentleman
Of most attractive mien. He went into
the real estate business and greatly
prospered. His varied accomplishments
soon made him the most popular man In
his state. He united with the political
party which held the power. He married
an attractive young woman and settled
down to a quiet and respectable domes-
ticity. In the course Of events United
States senator was to be elected, and,
what was more natural than that this
intelligent, respectable and popular citi-
zen should be considered a worthy candi-
date The legislature convened, his pros
poets of election were more than promis-
ing, and he would undoubtedly have been
chosen, had not some meddlesome fellow
recognized him as the long lost La Croix.
Of course, he disappeared, and this time
permanently.
The moral of this story, Is, that 1t is
better. as a general thing to find out
what name people went by In the states
before you either marry them, or elect
them to the United States senate.
Charles e. Flandrau.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19


locality now known as st. Paul must be
made by boat or private conveyance
There were no stage routes even at that
time listed between Galena and st. Paul.
or anywhere else north Of that point
In ''Mitchell's Travellers Guide the stage
routes Of twenty-five states and one ter
ritory are given. Arkansas. But Wiscon-
sin territory was still trackless wilder
ness.
In the guide the populations Of twenty
three principal cities and towns are
given, But neither Chicago nor Galena
are. mentioned. although at that time
Galena was considered a rather more Inn
portant point than. Chicago. OF course,
New York heads the list, with popula-
ton in 1880 of 202,5S9, which in 1S4o had
jumped to 312 234, an increase Of los, ,645 in
ten years. A comparison of some of
these other principal cities. in regard to
their population In 1880 and 1910, may not
be uninteresting in view of the near ap-
proach of the twelfth census of the Unit
ed States.
POPULATIONS.
Cities. 1880. 1S4O. Inc.
Philadelphia :. ...... .1Ss.797 25S,Sa2 7O,035
Baltimore =. 49,. g. SO,625 101. 1873 20, 1853
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19
s Short Frontier story-
s [ay HON. g. e. FLANDRAU.l

In the late fifttes, q young man Of very
attractive manners, and extraordinary
accomplishments appeared in st. Peter.
His name was La Croix, or at least he
said 1t was and no questions were asked.
We had not at that time acquired tho
habit of asking new. corners what names
they went by in the states, as was the
usual practice in the early settlement Of
Texas and California. We were an un-
suspicious people, and accepted those who
located among us for what they said they
were, and appeared to be.
1t was soon discovered that La Croix
spoke French fiuently;. nearly all out first
settlers were French. He said he learned
1t while living in New Orleans. He soon
developed large acquaintance with mil
itary matters, and we made him captain
Of our militia company. (This national
guard) and he drilled us up to high
state of discipline and skill in company
tactics and movements. had the honor
Of being second lieutenant of the COM
pany: This art, he said. he acquired as
sergeant of a company in the crack New
York Seventh. :
He was a graceful and adroit fencer,
and could explain the difference between
the American plan as taught at West
Point and the French system. learned
both from him. His conversational pow
ers, and the extent of his general knowl-
edge surpassed anything that had ever
graced the border. In a word, he pos
sessed all the qualities, including personal
beauty, that were necessary to make him
a general favorite with both men and
women. He did not fail to improve all
his advantages.
He soon became the trusted bookkeeper
for one Of our, business concerns; courted
and married a lovely young girl from
neighboring town.. and settled down to
life of domestic felicity, esteemed by all,
questioned by none.-
Shortly after his marriage the Civil
war began, and: in due course Of time
baby was born to his house. About two
months after the Htter went he an
nounced that news had arrived that GER
tain stock of theiChemieal bank In New
York. which he had inherited from his
father, who hadsdfed in New Orleans,
was in danger of sconfscation by the fed
eral government saSa rebel property, and
he was obliged to go East and take care
of 1T. He made the most elaborate prep
arations for the comfort Of his wife and
child during his absence, and departed.
We gave him splendid send off, and
several Of us. I among the rest, entrusted
him with commissions to perform for us
in New York,pan that was the last we
ever heard Of LA Croix.
OF course there were many who said IT
told you SO, puL tney nad not done any
thing of the kind; we, were all taken in
without exception. His wife was the last
to lose confidence in his return. I fol-
lowed up every clue she could give me,
but without results. He had disappeared
as completely, as if the ground had opened
and swallowed him up. and we forgot
him.
The war was fought out and peace re-
turned. A Connecticut regiment, COM
manded by Colonel Brevet Brigadfer Gen.
eral Thompson q will call him that for