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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07

ly audacious himself. We had
but one stop-for water-and aft
er that all down grade. We
bowled along as easy as ninepins, but
the pace was a hair-raiser. After we
passed Arickaree we never touched a
thing but the high joints. The long,
heavy train behind us few round the
bluffs once in awhile like the tail OF
a very capricious kite; yet somehow
and that's an engineers magic-she
always lit on the steel.
Day broke ahead. and between
breaths ! caught the glory of a sunrise
On the plains from a locomotive cab
window. When the smoke Of the Nc
Cloud shops stained the horizon. re-
Numbering the ugly threats OF the
strikers, l left my seat TO speak 10
Foley.
Il think you'd better swing off when
you slow up for the yards and cut
across to the roundhouse, / cried
getting close to his ear, for we were on
terrific speed. He looked at me in
quiringly. I'm that way you won't run
into Cameron and his crowd at the
depot" I added. 81 can stop her all
right"
He didn't take his eyes off the track
I'm take the train TO the platform,
said he
isn't that a crossing cut ahead?'
he added. suddenly, as we swung round
a fill west of town.
Yes, and a bad one"
| He reached for the whistle and gave
the long. warning screams. l set the
bell ringer and stopped to open the
furnace door TO cool the fire. when
chug!
| l flew up against the water gauges
! like a coupling pin. The monster en-
! CINE reared right up on her head
. Scrambling to my feet. | saw the new
man clutching the air lever with both
/ hands. and every wheel on the trair
was screeching. / jumped to his side
and looked over his shoulder. On the
crossing just ahead a big white horse
dragging a buggy, plunged and reared
! frantically. Standing on the buggy sea-
baby boy chung bewildered to the
lazyback; not another soul In sight
All at once the horse swerved sharply
back: the buggy lurched half over
the lines seemed to be caught around
one wheel. The little fellow chung on
but the crazy horse, instead of running
began a hornpipe right between thu
deadly rails.
looked at Foley in despair. From
] the monstrous quivering leaps of th'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07

few more questions / toohs him into
the superintendent Office. But at the
door / thought il well 10 drop hint.
Look here, my friend. il you're
spy you'd better keep out of this. This
man would wiring your neck as quick
as he'd suck an orange. Sec?
Lets tackle him, anyhow" replied
the fellow. eying me eooily-
l introduced him TO Mr.. Lancaster,
and left them together. Pretty soon
the superintendent came into my Of
fee.
What do you make of him, Reed?"
said he.
What do you make OF him?"
Lancaster studied a minute.
Take him over to the roundhouse
and see what he knows"
/ walked over with the new find,
chatting warily. When We reached a
live engine l told him to look 1t over.
He threw off his coat, picked up a
piece OF waste, and swung into the
cab.
Run her out TO the switch" said I,
stepping up myself
He pinched the throttle and we
steamed slowly out OF the house. A
minute showed he was at home on an
engine.
can you handle it?'' I asked. as he
shut of after backing down TO the
roundhouse.
You use soft COAL he replied, try
ing the injector. I'm used to hard.
This injector is new TO me. Guess I can
work it. though" .......
What did you say your name VASE"
II didn't say"
What is it?' / asked CURLY.
Foley"
well. Foley. If you have as much
sense as you have gall you ought to
! get along. Ii you act straight, you'll
never want a job again as long as you
live. If you don't you won't want to
/ live very long"
Got any tobaccO?"
Here, Baxter" said l. turning 10
the roundhouse foreman, this is Foley.
! Give him a chew, and mark him up 10
go out on Il tonight II he monkeys
with anything around the house kill
him"
Baxter looked at Foley. and Foley
/ looked at Baxter: and Baxter not get
/ ting the tobacco out quick enough.
Foley reminded him he was waiting.
We didn't pretend 10 run freigalts.
| but I concluded to try the fellow on
| one. feeling sure that If he was crooked
/ ne would ditch il and skip.
So Foley ran a long string Of emp
I ties and car or two of rotten oranges
I down TO Harvard JunctioQ that night
with one OF the Dispatches for pilot
Under my orders they had a train
up at the junction for him TO bring
back 10 McCloud. They had picked
up all the strays in the yards. includ-
ing half dozen cars of meat that
the local board Of health had con-
demned after IL had laid out in the
sun for two weeks. and a car OF but
ter we had been shifting around ever
since the beginning OF the strike.
When the strikers SaW the stuff COM
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81 george NII6I II i
IT, L Ii 4D 55>
~ Sorrows Of the Unemployed and
tss Danger Of Changing From
Bill to Harold.

~ certain Western Town that
started out with the Expectation
NJ hurting Chicago. there was an
Early Settler who tried to build
ps,gs around the Corpora don. He
.shared all the Corner Lots and nailed
~ Main Street Frontage and then held
IKE a Summer Cold.
~ yas a grisly old Badger who wore
=. euit the Year round with a Pair
/, bov-taed Boots. a WOODEN Hat and
Nos Agate Collar Button. While
uss doing Business at ? per cent a
g,,tb and holding out on the Assessor
"a bukIng the Changers for Railway
---p.bIsrs ne was regarded as Wolf.
after he changed his address 10 over
-tsre the Heirs erected something that
',okad ike the Bunker Hill Monument
"a then they had him done in Oil by
celebrated Artist. The Artist fixed
\. Hair for Him and gave him a neat
s,oBd-Up Collar such as no one could
ave put on 20 the Old Man with a
poek and Tackle. They named a
s.sool after him and every one in
~oun who was related 10 him could
III, into sussiety without a Ticket.
The Large End Of all the Scads men
t,oed In tbs last WIN and Testament
mi IN a Son named William II. jump
y, on the way back from the Gene
~ he took out a Pencil and figured
"a .aa what he was worth anc then he
.tanged bis name 10 W. Harold jump
sn.
NJ Harold had been compelled to fly
sirlv close 10 the Ground while the
s,vernor was on Deck, but when there
,ss no one % keep Tab on him he
sssas 10 find Sl00 Bills in his Clothes
sbkn he was looking Tor a card ana IL
seemed TO NeX him a good deal.
A few Years before ". Harold be-
came surrounded by Currency he had
,sssn a Wife. without very much of q
Struggle. Leonora was of very Nice
Family that owed something on the
House and kept a Girl part Of the Time
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He Had It.
Baltimore News.

Baltimore News.)
Yes. it's Fullertons hobby that advice
Is cheap and within the reach of every
person"
What does ne mean. anyhow"
What he says, I suppose. He's a con-
fidential divorce lawyer"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07
A stay-at-home Traveller
(Chicago News.)

Stranger-What wonderful tales old
Biinks relatesi He must have been a
great traveller in his day.
Native-He was never outside the coun-
IS in his life but you see, his mind has
wandered for years.
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Knew His Business.

How do you think YOU stand with the
voters IN your town.?
II never trouble myself about that.
answered Seaator Soreham. but 7 stand
ali right With ths men who control the
voters"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
A Very Sad Ending.

Another life has been crushed out by
the cars. Claude Mitchell, the 1S-year.
old son of Dr.. Il. M. Mitchell, had just
recently been placed on the list of extra
callers in the Iron Mountain service.
Sunday morning about 12:30 O. clock (,
in company with Ed. Lynch, the regu,
lar caller, he was going over the route.
From Lynch s statement it appears that
they climbed on the blind baggage of
the east bound passenger train to ride
down to the round house. Mitchell was
on the first blind, and Lynch on the
second Near the round house both
jumped off, in doing so Mitchell's Ian
tern went out and he stepped on the
main line, down which the engine that
had brought in passenger train from
Coffeyville was backing. Mitchell did
not see the engine and he was not seen
by the crew, Will Lang and Walter
Speer, and they were not aware that
anything was wrong until they heard
Lynch 8 yell that they had run over a
boy, The engine was stopped and the
body was found directly under it in a
terribly mangled condition. The body
was removed by the night force to the
freight house and the young man :
family notified of the accident
Judge Gross, who happened TO be in
town Monday, decided there was no
necessity for an inquest, rs there had
been witnesses TO the accident.
The remains were inferred Tuesday
afternoon In Fairvew cemetery accom-
panied by many friends Of the bereaved
parents, with whom the community
deeply symputhizes,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22

VIM. Hoffman, writing to the Little
Rock Democrat from Olmstead !,
Ark. says in part; JEFF Davis should
be lambasted until ashamed to hold up
his head Off such II thing is possible) :.
Go for them until they are both beat
Dr.. j. l.. Hardcastle, q prominent
physician and farmer Of Pierce Creek
township, Faulkner county says: ''Our
people are largely for Rector, and Jones
has big majority. In my country the
circulars issued concerning a private
difficulty between Rector and school
teacher have killed jeff. The general
expression of our people is that Jones is
the man ior United States senator. -
For senator-Jones
For governor-Rector.
Result of Grant county primaries
which will be held on Goth prox. From
ex county official at Sheridan.
Rev. j. j. Tarleton, ex-chaplain of
the house From the looks of every
thing now, there is no donbt but Davis
and Clarke are both left in my county
A vote was polled at the hotel in Benton
the other day when there was quite a
crowd present, and the result was
unanimous for Jones and Rector. Last
Saturday week ago | made the trip to
Camden, Bearden and Pine Bluff. The
sentiment all around seemed to be for
Jones and Rector. | don't know of but
two Davis men in the town of Benton. -
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
Davis Called Down.

The candidates for governor have been
In the northeastern part Of the state,
making speeches. At Evening Shade
Governor Davis became 10 Incorporate
and abueive In his language that the
circuit Judge called him down, Judge
McCaleb said; 1T seems that you are
determined to provoke n difficulty here
by abusing some Of our best citizens
and M officer Of the law ! must ask that
you desist,
Gov. Davis admitted at Evening Shade
that the celebrated Cook letter was pre-.
pared IN his own Office and dictated to
his stenographer, but claimed that
Prof Doyne sent Prof, Cook TO him.
and that he did not have the letter
printed This leads the Russellvile
"Democrat 10 remark;
We can believe the latter assertion, II
II implies that no did not pay for having
u printed,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
In Regard to Senator jones' War
Record.

SEARcY, February II. 1902.
To The Editor Of the Gazette"
Referring to your issue Of the 18th
inst, see request from j. W. Walker
Of Monroe county, a most worthy gen
tleman, for some person who served
with Senator Jones to give him the
rank, company and the extent Of his
services, etc, Now, | am personal
friend Of Clarke and Jones, both old
friends, and | do not write this article in
any partisan spirit, but that the truth
may BIZ made know. In the fall Of 1868,
being unattached (having been on the
staff of Gen, Marsh Walker until his
lamented death) | was ordered by
General Price to report to Governor
Flanagan for duty. AS is well known,
Governor Flanagan was empowered to
raise n body of troops not subject to
transcription. On reporting to him ]
was ordered to assist in organizing and
drilling said troops, Colonel Trader
commanding. 1t was here l first knew
Senator Jones. On the organization
his rank was orderly sergeant of com
pany A, Captain Reid Of Arkadelphia
commanding | WAS In service with
the battalion until the fall or winter, I
am not clear as to which, but think 1t
was the winter, of "a, when the battal.
lion was turned over to the Confederate
service by Governor Flanagan. Gordon
N. Peay of your city was adjutant gen,
eral. Now, as TO his service while nm
der me, ever found him II faithful and
efficient soldier, prompt In the execution
of duty, mindful of his men and always
present for duty, As to his grit under
fire, | can only say that | had the honor
of seeing the battalion IN action and
participating with them In the battle,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
"Squirrel.nead" Straws aud Coming
Landslide.

Present Indications are that Sharp
county will 90 heavily for Rector, -
Hardy Herald,
Rector will have an easy walk-over,
But most anyone could beat Davis now
for governor Austin Grit,
JEFF Davis will now perhaps quit
mending Clarke 8 fence and get over
into his own field. --DeQueen Bee.
The good name and reputation Of
Arkansas absolutely demand the retire
ment Of jeff Davis, Monroe County
Sun.
Governor Davis can't complain be-.
cause he has opposition for governor,
He has brought Il upon himself Car
roll Progress.
The defeat of JEFF Davis will mean
the overthrow, for all time to come, Of
boss rule In Democratic politics In this
state, Camden Beacon,
When II. W. Rector takes the field
Governor Davis will find that he has
his hands full attending to his own bus.
mess. Benton County Democrat,
The voters OF Arkansas elected jeff
Davis governor to attend to the duties
OF that Office, not 10 engineer campaigns
for other men, --Piggott Banner,
Az Davis has proved himself TO be a
demagogue Of the worst stripe, and a
common gossip monger, we shall sup
port Rector. Morrillton Democrat.
JEFF Davis has done more 10 place
Arkansas In Y ridiculous position with
the outside world than Opie Read could
have done In n thousand years --Sheri
dan Headlight.
Let our people rally TO the standard
OF this gallant Arkansan lRector) and
by his elevation 10 the chief office OF the
state show that they still place u pre-.
MUM upon brains and decency Fort
Smith Elevator.
As between n blackguard and dem.
agogue W, gentleman aud statesman
for the guberpatorial scat OF Arkansas
We ara for tho gentleman and states
man, Hon. u, W, Rector, every time,
Lee County Courier,
A prominent citizen, writing from
Hardy, says; II read the Democrat
with u great deal Of pleasure, Go on
with the good work Politics waxing
warm 10 the gubernatoral and senator.
iaI races. No interest In any other
candidates. There has been n wonder
ful change Ia the sentiment here, The
whole country has gone IN the Rector
Aad Jones camp. y
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
The DrOuth Sufferers.

systematic effort is being made to
rajieye the sufferers in the drouth'
stricken section of Arkansas.
Acco. ding to report received rron
Mr.. j. C. Yancey of Batesville' tne
most serious effects OF the drouth are
felt through belt of country extending
from Strawberry river near the eastern
boundary of Sharp county, westward
for abont one hundred miles and vary
inc in width from about twenty to
twenty.five miles. This, says Mr..
Yancey "covers a territory including
the northern part of Independence, a
mart of Sharp, part of lizard, part OF
Stone and Searcy counties. we nave
reliable information to the effect that
in this belt of country there was not
enough corn raised for seed, 10 say
nothing of that necessary to feed STOCK
and themselves. AS result OF having
no corn, the people have no meat This
section of the country raised very little
cotton, in value less than sufficient to
clothe farmers residing therein. WIN
the hard winter which has followed, to
the poorer class of farmers, 1t has re-
suited in no little suffering. A large
part of their stock has starved to death
for want of food There are some fam
lilies absolutely destitute that heretofore
have managed to make living,
Mr.. Yancey's report Of the situation
in the drouth-stricken section agrees
with that given by others who have
personally inspected the condition OF
the sufferers.
In response to the appeal of Governor
Davis several banks In the state have
offered various sums of money to relieve
those in distress. The Woodmen of the
World went to the succor of the north
Arkansas farmers as soon as their ur-
gent need became known, and assistance
is being offered in various forms from
different portions of the state, and out
side the state but we do hope Arkansas
will take care of its own destitute,
which it can easily do.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
STEAL A RIVER,
Kansas In Litigation Against the State
of Colorado,

VI SViVi
For some time past there has been a
desperate row of mammoth proportions
between the states of Colorado and
Kansas for the ownership of the water
of the Arkansas river, and the case is
now In the Federal court Of last resort
at Washington, where the state Of
Kansas filed its brief Saturday. Kan
sas wants the water for irrigation pur-
poses and alleges that it is diverted
before it reaches the river bed in that
state. 1t wants the Federal govern
ment to come to its rescue and compel
Colorado to let enough through to
occasionally fill the bitches of its arid
plains.
This leads the Arkansas Democrat
to remark; Meanwhile, may it not be
in order to ask where the state of Ark
ansas comes in? Down here we want
the Arkansas river for the purposes of
navigation, but those fellows up in the
hills hold the water back until half
the time there isn't water enough to
float skiff, and the eye meets with
nothing but drearv and desolate scene
of shifting sandbars where once the
low-water stern wheelers made things
interesting In business way. As a
mere suggestion, might it not be in
order for the Arkansas congressional
delegation on the Gath inst. the date
for the oral argument, to take hand
and find out whether the Arkansas
river is navigable stream, one of ma
lures highways, or merely source Of
supply for the irrigation Of the far
western deserts?
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22

The advantage of newspaper advertise
ing was never better demonstrated than
it was in Boston recently. 1t resulted
In the humiliation of trust. when
the Boston milk trust was organized, .
says the Philadelphia Ledger, - ''sev-
eral milk dealers who had refused to go
into the combine began to advertise
every day in the newspapers, telling the
people the facts about the trust and
showing that it was to the interest If
the public that the effort to monopolize
the trade should be defeated The
people were convinced and there is no
milk monopoly -
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22

From the Little Rock Democrat.

From the Little Rock Democrat
At Lonoke when jeff Davis coarsely
accused Hon, Il. w. Rector with hay
ing pistol on his person and asked
him II it WAS not u fact, Rector replied
promptly and pointedly as follows;
Under no circumstances, governor,
would carry gun to defend myself
against you and the bludgeon you carry
while speaking | regard you rs the
least likely, Of all men | know, to re.
quire Of me the use Of u weapon.
This, however, was carefully omitted
In the "Gozette s. report Of the Incl.
dent, Hot Strings News.
The Democrat is informed, how
ever that 1t WAS not omitted with the
knowledge OF the Gazette manage
ment,
At Malvern jeff referred sarcastically
to Col. Rector's letter in which he
stated that his early years were spent
on the farm, that he had performed all
the duties attendant upon farm life, and
among other things served as an OK
driver, Look at him, - said JEFF /,
"don I he look like an ox-driver2'
pointing to Col, Rector and continuing
to ridicule the idea that the latter had
ever driven an OK. When Col. Rector
came TO this reference, in his reply, he
said; Eyes, fellow citizens, 1t is true
that In my early years | was an OK
driver and | was II good one, too, but
more recently have been driving a
jackass 'Do you mean to compare
ma IN "A iurknssYb pycluimad nnyia
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
The Last Heard Of 1t.

my little boy took the Group one
night and soon grew so bad that you
could hear him breathe all over the
house, says F d. Reynolds, Mansfield
o, 1--WE feared he would die, but a
few doses of One Minute Cough Cure
quickly relieved him and he went to
sleep. That the last we heard of the
Group. Now ism t cough cure like that
valuable2' One Minute Cough Cure
is absolutely safe and acts Immediately.
For coughs, colds, croup, grip, bron'
chitis and all other throat and lung
troubles it is a certain cure. Very
pleasant to take. The little ones like It,.
CITY DRUG STORE.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
9TH DAY OF APRIL 1902,
Something That VIII Do You Good.

We know Of no way in which we can
be of more service to our readers than
to tell them of something that will be OF
real good to them. For this reason we
want to acquaint them with what we
consider one Of the very best remedies
on the market for coughs, colds, and
that alarming complaint, group We
refer to Chamberlain 8 Cough Remedy
We have used it with such good results
in our family so long that 1t has become
a household necessity, BY its prompt
use we haven't any doubt but that it
has time and again prevented Group
The testimony is given upon our own
experience, and we suggest that our
readers, especially those who have
small children, always keep 1t in their
homes rs n safeguard against Group :,
Camden Is. CO. Messenger. For sale
by JOHN 0 KANE, Druggist
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
Jones and Rector, Too.

The following received by The PRESS
from friend goes TO show how the WING
blows in Crawford county:
II am so proud to say that the coun-
try seems to be solid for Senator Jones
and think Davis will surely lose
Crawford county. / did not tind any
opposition to Senator Jones in Dyer and
Vine Prairie and Lancaster and | talked
to lots of leading Democrats. The
same is true of other townships have
visited, -
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22

FEDERAL officials, under the Roosevelt
administration will have to refrain
from active participation In politics or
walk the plank, - We have no idea
that any official holding at the same
time a federal Office and place on a
political committee will be permitted to
hold both places for any length Of time.
The Roosevelt idea is that II q man fills
an Office capably and acceptably he will
have no time to engage In active
politics,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
Saved Him From Torture,

There IL no more agonizing trouble
than piles The constant itching and
burning makes life intolerable No POI.
sition is comfortable, The torture Is
unceasing, DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve cures piles at once, For skin dis.
eases, cut, burns, bruises, all kinds Of
wounds, II Is unequalled, J.S Gerall
ST, Paul, Ark, says From 1865 |
suffered with the protruding, bleeding
piles and could find nothing to help me
until | used DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. A few boxes completely cured
me, - Beware Of counterfeits,
CITY DRud STORE,