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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02
PASSING.

Low In the West the daylight dips.
While by the pool the Summer stands
with stain of purple on her lips
And scarlet flowers in her hands.
Within the watery mirror there,
Narcissus-like she sees her face.
so pale. so sweet, so mortal fair,
And fingers spellbound by its grace.
The morning red is vanished now.
The splendOr Of the noon is gone,
And. like veil ON cheek and brow,
The wreathed mist is clinging wan,
a breath from meadows shorn exhales,
A sigh goes down the forest ways.
he dfyads of the woody wales
Are mourning for the passing days.
And Summer hears the warning note.
AS by the reedy pools she stands,
Her fading tresses all afoat
And scarlet flowers in her hands.
st. Louis Mirror.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02
Cuts Out Frisco.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany will soon begin the construction
of new line between Boise, Idaho,
and Pend1eton Or. The new wire VIII
double the capacity of the line be-
tween the places named. From Pen
dleton west there are several wires.
1t is the intention to put up another
wire between Ogden, Utah, and Boise,
and when that is up most of the
through business from the East TO
Portland will come over this new
wire instead of going by the way
of San Francisco.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02
NEWS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Good Weeks Record of Commercial and Industrial
Progress and Development in Oregon Idaho
Washington and California.
Railroad and SmsItsr for OREGON Mines.

Railroad and Smslter for Oregon Mines.
The Helena and the Musick Mining
& Milling Companies, of the Bohemia
district, announces that arrangements
have been completed for building a
railroad from Cottage Grove, Or,
southeasterly, distance of 35 miles
through a region of heavy timber to
the Bohemia mines. 1t is expected
that construction work will be COM
menced this fail and that about half
the track will be laid before spring.
Connected with this, though not yet
wholly arranged for is the project of
building a smelter, either at Portland
or in the Bohemia mining district.
The smelter enterprise is expected to
follow the completion of the railroad
and it is deemed probable that both
will be in operation in less than a year
from date.
I'VE have gone so far" said Presi-
dent jennings, yesterday, that the
rest of the work is easy. We have
100000 assured for the railroad,
largely on the basis of the mineral
richness of the district as shown by
developments already made. Capital
is eager to build an adequate smelter,
but there would be no use for the
smelter without the railroad, so the
road is to go first. This is the natu-
raj order. l have not a doubt that
the smelter will be provided when
we are ready for it. The field is too
important to be neglected and the
problem of ore, fuel and fluxes prac-
tically .solyes itself here"
The money for the railroad enter
prise will be supplied by Eastern
capitalists.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02
PRESIDENT MKINLEY's FAvoRITE HYMNS.

rooted in his affections than that other
song of praise and yearning, the words
of which he murmured as life was leaving
the body
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee;
Fen though 1t be Cross
That raiseth me:
Still all my song shall be-
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone
down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest stone,
Yet In my dreams I'd be,
Nearer, my God to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
There let the way appear
Steps unto heaven
\ll that Thou sendest me
In mercy given;
ingels to beckon me
Nearer my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer TO Thee!
Or, If on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon and stars forgot,
Upward l fly
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
The latter hymn was written by Mrs.
Sarah Adams and Lowell Mason arrang-
ed the music 1t was in 1S41 that it was
produced, and was based on an old Eng
fish melody. The author was the wife of
Bridges Adams. an inventor and pamph-
letter, who was born in Great Harlow,
England, and died in August, 1913.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02

The rain poured down and at last
awoke Esme to sense of what was
going on around her.
The rain was coming down in tor
rents, and an ominous roll of thunder
In the distance made Beauty tremble.
1t was lonely part of the road; only
little cabin, much out of repair, was
in sight. She fastened toward it, not
knowing if Mrs. O'Grady still occupied
the place, or whether she had already
gone to hive with her sister In Kerry.
On trying to lift the latch, Esme
found 1t was locked, but discovered q
shelter In the peat shed at the back.
AS she stood there caressing her
horse to allay It's fears, she was star
tied to hear key fitted into the lock
Of the door in front of the house.
The boards Of the mud-covered walls
were ill-fitted and rotten, and Esme
could distinctly hear two men talking
as they entered and shook the water
from their clothes.
"A good thing we are here so near
the place." said Underwood.
YES" answered a voice which made
Esme blush in the semi-tlarkness. st
Is bad storm, but 1t will soon be over.
| am not sorry 1t has come now, as you
will see that something must be done
TO the place before another tenant oc-
cupies 1t. 1t isn't fit for a dog to live in"
Il shall do nothing; it's no use spend
inc - III.
These peasants are used to plugging it.
Leave the place alone"
That Is, of course. your affair, Mr..
Underwood" said Jack. In nv posi-
ton as agent it was my duty to point
out to you what was needed, but can
not make you do IT. Only tell you as
man to man, that the neglect of your
tenants interests is a disgrace to the
neighborhoOd. | have worked as your
agent In order to work off the mortgage
which you hold on my property. but
suppose the foreclosure which YOU
threaten must come, for | cannot work
for you any longer and have not money
to redeem the estate"
-Nt pay why all ~ nose YOUR
valuable services" said Underwood.
you know that during my manage
lnent your profits have nearly doubled.
but when it comes to distilling LIQUORS
In underground distilleries and expect
Ing me to be party to the fraud,
draw the line"
How dare you speak like this to
me-" said Underwood, choking with
rage. ''You pauper, If I had not en-
ployed you, you would have starved"
You are exaggerating my poverty"
said Jack, in calm tone at is true.
by honest work hoped to regain my
property, but when you expect dishon-
est work, you have come to the wrong
man."
by the way" continued Jack, and
Esme could hardly catch his words, for
he was already on the road. II have
ordered back the pipes and stills"
The dickens you have" roared I'm
derwood, as he paced the miserable
room.
quarter Of an hour later Esme was
In the coy office of her friend and adj
wiser Mr.. Rance.
1T q large sum of money to invest
in landed property, Miss Esme."
Il know" said the girl. in her quick.
bright way, but what does that mat
ter? l have ever so much more when
that is spent. Besides happen to know
the mortgage will be foreclosed IL this
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02

So long Thy power hath blest me, sure 1t
still
VIII lead me on
Ger moor and fen, DER crag and torrent. till
The night Is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which 1 have loved long since, and lost
awhile.
This hymn was one of the favorites of
the President, though perhaps less deeply
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02
HridrSnere.

e. SME BARTON, as she rode along
ia on her trusty little cob, paid no
--S heed to the weather, so absorbed
was she In her own thoughts.
Ralph Underwood was coming that
night to ask her to be his wife, she felt
sure, for his manner at the Fletchers'
dance had been unmistakable.
What answer should she give him ?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02
Trying a New Port.

AS an experiment, 1000 tons Oh
Washington wheat was shipped. oc
tober s, to the port of Callao, Peru.
from Seattle, on the big steamship
Memphis. This is the first consign-
ment of this grain ever made to tnls
port, and the shippers are conhdens
that the venture will prove prohtaple'
in which event other ports will be u
vaded.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02

1t is astonishing how ignorant rail-
way officials are when asked for the
details OF an accident on their road.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02

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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-02

Or, If on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon and stars forgot,
Upward l fly
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Theei
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
rhe Fnmous AsnhaItL nke.

Asphalt is being dug out of the ia
nous tar lake Of Trinidad, the most
notable existing source Of the material
in the world, at the rate of $4,000 tons
per annum. There are still 100000
tons in sight, but as this rate the sup
ply could not last long were it not that
the lake bitumen referred to is receiv-
ing a constant accretion from the bow
els of the earth. This accretion is
reckOned as amounting to about 10000
tons yearly and would suffice to restore
the lake to its original condition if it
were allowed to remain undisturbed
for few years.
This wonderful lake of pitch has an
area of III acres, and recent sound
ings made in the middle of it have
shown the depth to be 1876 feet in that
part. Near the center it is semiliquid
and bubbling, but elsewhere 1t has so
hard surface that a man on horse
back can ride over it without danger of
breaking through the crust. Scattered
over Its surface are Il number of small
islands which have no proper roots in
the earth, so to speak, but are compos-
ed merely Of accumulations of SOIL
though trees of considerable size grow
on some of them. These islands are
not stationary, but are carried slowly
from place to place by the movements
of the lake. Now and then one of them
is entirely engulfed.-New York Post.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
To Keep Butter Sweet.

One can keep butter sweet a long
time, even in hot room where it is
half melted, by keeping it covered with
brine made by putting into boiling wa
ter all the salt it will take up. Then
let it cool and pour over the butter
Meat may be preserved in the same
way. To be sure, it will become rather
salt, but when you wish to use it take
it out of the brine the night before and
lay it across two spoons or sticks to lift
it from the bottom of the dish in which
you wish to soak it and then cover it
with fresh water. The salt will then
settle out of the meat, and it will fresh
en- nicely. You throw meat or fish into
the bottom of vessel and cover it
with water, and it will freshen very lit
tie, for the salt does not fall out, but
only to the lower side.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
John L. su1livan,s Drawn.

Some eminent tragedians were. once
quizzing John l.. Sullivan, then In his
heyday. Said one of them:
"Say, John, why don't you try. the ;le5;
Ultimate? Look at Muldoon, Heshas
played the wrestler until he is as well
known in connection with Shakespeare
as he is on the mat"
John looked thoughtful for a moment
and then growled:
Say, do you think could do it?
"Why, sure. Play The Gladiator
Just the piece for you"
Once again John thought awhile and
then said:
'Say, that's good idea. think I've
got good scheme to work with it too"
"What is 1t, John?"
"Why, I'd have a real solid iron
arena. I'd come into the arena and
holler, Bring out your wild OK! See?
Then I'd have 'em bring in live bull.
I'd wrestle round the ring with. it until
I got good hold on its horns, and then
I'd slowly twist 1t down and break it's
neck. Then I'd put my foot on its neck
and say, Behold the invincible, yours
truly, John L. Sullivan, champion of
the worldp I'd kill real live bull for
'em every night. How do you think
that'd hit emp
"Great! But great Scott, John! Can
you kill a bull like that?"
Huh! Can 1? Come out to the
SIou0hter housa and 500 mo do II -
Kansas City Independent.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
Rlnck Diamnnda

Black diamonds are comparatively
rare and correspondingly high priced.
They are three or four times as hard as
the white ones, and fire cannot harm
them, however great the heat, but II q
drop of water should touch them while
heated they will explode and leave
nothing but a little heap of sand in
their place.
Their beauty is not remarkable, but
on account of their extreme hardness
they are invaluable for dressing sur
faces impervious to the friction Of any
other material. The largest black dia-
monds are set in the end of a round
short bar of steel, with a handle Of
wood, and are used in dressing emery
wheels that have lost their ''trueness."
A black diamond is the only substance
that will not be ground away by con-
tact with the emery surface.
Black diamonds are also used as
points in scoring pencils which are
used by sealers of weights and meas
ures to mark glass receptacles. They
are used by dentists for drilling teeth
before filling them with gold. In ap-
pearance they look more like a shining
little splinter of iron or grain of coal
than a precious gem, and their chief
mission Is distinctly commercial and
not an ornamental one.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
He Was Slow.

Lincoln used to be fond of telling a
story of a lawyer in a western town
who desired the nomination for county
judge. On the morning preceding the
evening on which the county conven-
ton was to meet he applied to the liv-
cry stable keeper in his village for q
horse and buggy in which to drive to
the county town, 16 miles distant,
where the convention was to be he'd.
Give me the best and the fastest
horse you have, SAM" said he, $50 that
! will have time to go around and see
the boys before the convention comes
In
The liveryman, however, was sup
porting a rival candidate and gave the
lawyer a horse that outwardly appear
ed perfect, but which broke down en-
tirely before half the journey was COM
pleted, so that when the candidate ar
rived the convention had adjourned
and his rival had been nominated.
On his return to the stable late the
following afternoon, knowing that 1t
was useless to resent the trick played
upon him, he said to the owner: 'Look
here, Smith, you must be training this
horse for the New York market. You
expect to sell him to an undertaken for
a hearse horse, don't you? Well, it's
time wasted. 1 know from his gait
that you have spent days training him
to pull hearse, but he'll prove dead
failure. Why, he's so slow he couldn't
get corpse to the cemetery in time fol
the resurrection"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
Better Than Rubber Heels.

Every one knows that when soldiers
cross bridge they are ordered to
break step so that the regular vibration
of SO many feet shall not endanger the
safety of the structure. An army sur
geOn of France discovered that the
brain jar due to long marches in regu-
lar step is as trying on the human
frame as such marching Is on the struc-
turc of bridge. To the regular repeti-
ton of shock to bones and brain
caused by this uniform and long con-
tinued marching are due the peculiar
aches, pains and illness of the troops.
On one day march, he says, this
shock is repeated 10000 times, and Of
ten the strongest men who can walk
the same distance without trouble
when not in line succumb to the strain
in two or three days. Therefore this
surgeon proposed as a remedy the use
of rubber heels. This device has been
tried in the French infantry with great
success.
But our army has better plan than
that. We simply break step with the
comm"'d 'route STEP" Ate this gait
the men march in columns Of tours at
the rate of to 31a miles an hour. They
carry their pieces at will, keeping the
muzzle elevated. They are not required
to preserve silence nor to keep the step.
And that's why the American army
doesn't wear rubbers.-New York Press.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
The Hot Water Cure.

Boarding House Keeper-A glass of
hot water? What can the man want
with glass Of hot water? He doesn't
shave.
Cook-He wants to drink it.
ITO drink it? Well, I neverp'
ooh, all the boarders Is sending for
hot water now three times day."
Goodness me! What for?'
EUR to drink. They calls it the hot
water cure. 1t beats all newfangled
notions what come up"
''What does it cureT
"Oh. they say it really cures every
thing just splendid"
"Thank fortune it's cheap. Give 'em
all the hot water they want Maria"
"Yes'm."
$50 hot water is Il great cure, is it?
Well, 1 shan't let any of my boarders
get i'll for want of medicine. Just put
another gallon of hot water in that oys-
ter soup, Maria, and think you'd bet
ter take out the oyster now 1t might
get too rich" -London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
A Trick of Indian Thieves.

In some of fhe thieves schools in In
dia a regular course Of training IL
gone through in the art of ''pouching,"
or concealing articles of value In the
throat. The Englishman, a newspaper
published in Calcutta, thus describes
the process:
cat first small piece of lead, at
tached to a thread, is swallowed and
guided by the action of the tongue to
the orifice of the sac in the throat. As
soon as this has been thoroughly learn
ed the lead is coated with lime. This
eats into the sac and enlarges 1t. The
size of the article to be pouched Is
gradually increased until it is said
that many of the Indian thieves can
pouch s or 10 rupees at once."-Toron-
to Mail and Empire
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
THE HOME GOLD CURE.
An Ingenious Treatment by which Drunk
ards are Being Cured Daily in
Spite of Themselves.
No Noxious Doses. No Weakening of the
Nerves. A Pleasant and Positive Cure
for the Liquor Habit.


1t is now generally known and under
stood that drunkenness is disease and
not a weakness. A body filled with
poison, and nerves completely shatter-
ed by periodical or constant use of in
toxicating liquors, requires an antidote
capable of neutralizing and eradicating
this poison, and destroying the craving
for intOxicants. Sufferers may now
cure themselves at home without pub
licity or loss of time from business by
this wonderful ''HOME GOLD CURE, y
which has been perfected after many
years of close study and treatment of
inebriates. The faithful use according
to directions of this wonderful dis
covery, is positively guaranteed to cure
the most obstinate case, no matter
how hard a drinker. Our records show
the marvellous transformation of thou
sands of drunkards into sober, industri-
Gus and upright men.
WIVES CURE YOUR HUSBANDS!
CHILDREN CURE YOUR FATHERS!
This remedy is in no sense a nostrum
but is specific for this disease only,
and is so skillfully devised and pre-
pared that it is thoroughly soluble and
pleasant to the taste, so that it can be
given in a cup of tea or coffee without
the knowledge of the person taking it.
Thousands of drunkards have cured
themselves with this priceless remedy,
and as many more have been cured and
made temperate men by having the
'CURE" administered by loving friends
and relatives without their knowledge,
in coffee or tea, and believe to-day that
they discontinued drinking of their own
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Market street, Philadelphia.
All correspondence strictly conf
Dental.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
Rural England a Land Of Song.

The love of song is strong as ever
among the agricultural folk of Eng
land, and at the harvest home supper
there is always plenty of melody of a
sort, says London newspaper. The
old ballads and songs of the peasantry
as found in broadsides and manu-
scripts are full of character. In the
great majority of cases the authorship
of these poems is unknown. One of
the old favorites for recitation at coun-
try festivals used to be a dialogue be-
tween IL. '',andman and a serving
man, and Mi. Leil in his collection of
poems and ballads says he heard this
on one occasion recited at Selborne by
two countrymen, who gave it with con-
siderable humor and dramatic effect.
They delivered it in kind of chant or
recitatiye.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
Would Have to Borrow One.

Some time ago a well known bar
Iister had under cross examination q
youth from the country who rejoiced
in the name of Sampson, whose replies
were the causes of much laughter In
court.
"And So" questioned. the barrister,
you wish the court to believe that you
are Il peacefully disposed and inoffen-
sive kind of personY'
Eyes"
"And that you have no desire to fol-
low the steps Of your namesake, and
smite the PhilistinesT
mo, I've not" answered the youth,
'and If had the desire 1 amt got the
strength at present"
''Then you think you would be I'M
able to cope successfully with thou
sand enemies and utterly rout them
with the jawDone of an ass"
"Well," answered the ruffied Samp-
son, II might have Il try when you
have done with the weapon."-Spare
Moments
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-10-04
Character shown by the Nose

Here is an article in the paper that
says woman's character can be deter
mined by her nose"
"Well, there may be something in
that, but there's a surer way. No one
can make mistake concerning wom-
ans character if he will look at the
noses of other women who meet her.
The extent to which they turn up at
such times shows just what she is OF
t."-Chicago Times-Herald.