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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Slept While Lea Was Cut OF.

A negro man, 35 years old, was run
over by Vineville street car recent
ly. One leg was cut off. He was
drunk, and lay down at the top of
the hill because he could not carry
mis- jag any further. He was not par
ticular about his resting place, and it
happened that he spread himself out
on the ground where his left leg
would rest across the car track and
the other foot would rest on the rail.
The motorman stopped the car before
it had passed two feet beyond the ne
gro, but the damage was done. The
accident did not arouse the negro
Atlanta Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Eound Rather In Bed.

Miss Julia Lincoln. of Montclair,
guest at Mountain View Farm, near
Wurtsborough. N. Y, took nap and
awakened to find rattlesnake about
two feet from her. coiled and ready
to strike. His warning rattle had
awakened her.
Miss Lincoln managed to secure an
alpine stock and struck the reptile
a heavy blow, which made 1t show
fight. 1t savagely came for her, and
she struck it again, but not hard
enough to render it powerless. The
snake again struck at her. but she
pushed it away and managed to es-
cape from the room. The hired man
later dispatched the REPTILE.
The window of Miss Lincoln's room
faced sloping roof. against which
rested a number of poles 1t is be-
lievcd that the snake climbed the
poles to the room.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
BY CIRCUS LION.
An Old Railroad Engineer in the West
Tells of Night Ride.

Dan Bechtel, of Brookfield, tells
story about night ride he once took
with a loose lion. which. as he says,
tends to make the goosefiesh creep
a little" Bechtel for fourteen years
was an engineer on the Hannibal &
ST. Joseph railroad. One night in 1883
he left Macon for Shelbina, his engine
pulling the Wallace shows. 1t was
very dark. and he had orders not to
run faster than fifteen miles an hour.
Bechtel says he was kidding the fire
man and head brakeman about what
would happen If some of the wild ami
mails should get loose. when he looked
up and saw an old lion on top OF the
cars, moving slowly and gingerly to-
ward the engine.
When the brakeman and fireman
realized what was coming" says Bech-
tel, they made a dive for the cab
door and were soon riding on the
front of the engine. The fireboN was
open and that kept him back, as he
did not seem to know what to make
of the bright dazzling light. l had
whistle that would scare ghosts, but 1t
did not phase the lion. We soon be-
gan to lose steam and the train had
to slow down. When we reached Shell
bina Conductor Pratt came up, making
a big kick because we had been going
slow. | pointed to the first car, and
Pratt quickly retreated.
THE trainer soon came and took
the big fellow to his cage. He had
found a loose bar, which he worked
out. With the fireman and brakeman
on the front end and the show people
and Conductor Pratt on the rear erd,
it seemed as If the lion was getting
too close. l thought of all the mean
things l ever did. and held to the
throttle and let the engine go as fast
as she would with what steam l still
had on."-Kansas City Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Long Fall of somnambuIlst.

From Lewistown. Pa. comes the re-
port of the recent remarkable feat OF
somnambulist. Frank McNitt. while
asleep, arose from his bed and walked
out of the third-story window of his
house and fell to the ground. a dis
tance of SO feet. The next morning
dents to the depth of four inches were
found in the ground where his hips
and elbows had struck. McNitt's
younger brother. who saw him get out
OF bed, walk to the window and de-
liberately step out, took light and
ran down the stairs. expecting to find
his brother with his life crushed out
by the fall, but he was much surprised
when he saw him standing on his feet
looking about in dazed manner and
uninjured. He drank glass of water
that was rendered him. then quietly
walked up the stairs and resumed his
slumbers. Although he admits feel
ing sore this morning he says he does
not remember anything of his remark
able fall.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
A New Musical instrument.

A new instrument which is said to
combine the tone and compass of
violin, a viola, a violoncello and a
double base, has just been invented by
a Viennese musician named Kuhmay-
er. 1t resembles a piano in appear
ance, and is played by means of a
keyboard and pedals. Each key is
connected with a bow, which passes
over the strings in the manner of a
violin. The mechanism is said to be
exceedingly ingenious, so that the
most rapid runs, shakes and staccau
can be easily executed, while by
pressing the keys gently or firmly ev-
cry graduation of sound from soft to
loud can be produced. The instru-
ment is called "Streiehklavier," and
the inventor iS said to owe the sug-
gestion of it to Gounod.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

and armed with a travelling bag about
to depart.
Good heavens, Laura, where are
you going?" he exclaimed. There has
been terrible mistake. Let me ex-
plain"
Il desire to hear no explanations"
she interrupted, coldly. Keep them
for papa. You will need them then.
am going home to get divorce. Go
back to the other woman"
AS she swept down the corridor Tom
dashed past her and, as if i'll mockery
of her words, flung himself into the
room she had seen him enter in the
afternoon with the other woman. AS
she passed the door he reappeared,
dragging with him in great excitement
the dark woman and another man,
whom she did not notice. She cast
her eyes straight before her and fed
from the gratuitous insult Securing
a carriage she was driven rapidly to
the depot. An instant later two men
clad in evening dress flung themselves
into another carriage and started at
a breakneck gait also for the depot
But it proved case of the greater
the haste the less to the speed, for
in the reckless driving the carriage
collided with an omnibus and when
the two passengers recovered con-
sciousness the train had been gone
for many minutes.
That is why the Maynards in their
Western home received the incoherent
but alarming message from their
daughter that she had been cruelty de-
ceived and was on her way home;
which was followed quickly by an
equally incoherent and mystifying wire
from Tom:
Am on the next train following
Laura with my brother and his wife.
All terrible mistake. Case of mis-
taken identity. Brother is my twin
and looks just like me. Make Laura
wait and listen to reason before TAX
ing any step"
The upshot of it all was that the
two bridal couples spent their honey
moons in the West instead of the East,
and as an incident thereto Tom was
compelled to shave his entire beard
and to promise never to wear one
again, while Jack was compelled to
enter an equally solemn promise to
his bride never to shave his beard.
"The idea" exclaimed Laura. 'of a
woman travelling around without a
band from some other mani"
Eyes, indeed! The ideaH echoed
Jacks bride.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Jennings Bride.
nv WILLIAM wENDHAM.


Copyright. 1902. by Daily Story Pub co2
1t all happened because Jehhinss
concealed it from Laura that JACK, ms
brother, was his twin, and 1urther
that they resembled each other SO
closely that their nearest friends coulu
not tell one from the other unless they
were seen together, and then IL was
very doubtful. So near alike had these
two young men been all their llVes
that in infancy their own mother hau
been compelled to mark them SO she
could tell them apart-which was rom
and which was John. 1t was re-
semblance which went far beyond the
physical They acted alike, they ges-
tured alike, their mannerisms Oh
movement and speech were alike, they
thought alike. They had always read
the same books and deduced therefrom
the same thoughts. All their theories
of life and philosophy were alike
save only one Tom was fond of fair
haired, blue-eyed girls, while Jack
raved after brunettes of the most
vivid type.
So il had come to pass that Tom,
sent to the West on long business
mission. had wooed and won dainty
Laura Maynard and they were on
their honeymoon when the catastrophe
happened. Jack had found it impos-
sible to be present at the wedding,
two thousand miles distant for one
reason among others, that he was TO
be married himself within a week OF
the day set for the Jennings-Maynard
nuptials. Then it was that the broth
ers had resolved, with one accord,
after an elaborate exchange OF tele-
grams, that it would be good thing
to give both brides surprise ana
meet at the same watering place for
the respective honeymoons. This re-
uuired considerable finesse for two
men without the aid of feminine
head, especially when the matter in
volved so important part OF two
weddings. But they succeeded by
hook or crook, and Tom triumphantly
carried off his golden-haired beauty
far across the continent to seaside
hotel of great fame and there Installed
her in palatial bridal suite, while he
waited with much chuckling for the
appearance of Jack and his bride.
With all this detailed explanation
you can easily guess how 1t turned
out and you really cannot blame Laura
for her hasty and somewhat radical
action.
Everything had been going so lovely
that Laura seemed to be in veritable
fairyland and feared each moment
that she would awaken and find 1t all
dream In this frame of mind she
did awaken very suddenly. Tom had
slipped out for an afternoon cigar, he
said, and presently, hungry for the
loving gaze of his frank, sparkling
eyes, she started down the spacious
corridor, bent on going to The broad
piazza and find him. She had little
more than left her apartment than
she came face to face with him.
And (could she believe her eyesO on
his arm was a radiant beauty with
saucy black eyes and wealth of coal
black hair, and he was bending to-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
The First Motorman.

An English paper says as far back
as 1904 NJ. Isaac de Rivaz, Swiss
engineer, first drove a cart by the aid
of a motor. the force being gas. The
first experiment took place at Sion,
in the Canton of Grisons, 1904 In
1913 the inventor made another ex-
pertinent at Vevey, on lake Geneva.
with cart ten feet long and loaded
with 400 pounds of stone and sew
eral persons. A large crowd wit
messed the drive down the principal
street, and as the experiment was
successful the Inventor took out
patent, which was granted him by
the French government. The docu-
ment still exists, and proves beyond
doubt that De Rivaz conceived the
idea of motor car nearly century
ago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

lounge. 1t all came to her presently,
after her mind recovered somewhat
from the stupefication that had come
at the glance her husband had given
her. She had been betrayed, fooled.
She was married to a man who did
not love her, who was a mere trifler,
If indeed he were not bigamist.
Was she in fact married at all? Who
was this other woman? Why not an
other wife came to claim him? Then
what was to become of her? She pom
dered on these things for many mo-
ments. Then she made up her mind.
She would go home.
Deliberately she took account of the
well-filled purse her father had pressed
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Tourists Going to South Africa.

One of the favorite recreations of
English people next autumn is to be
a flying visit to South Africa. when
the tourists will inspect some of the
more notable battlefields and scenes
of interest connected with the war.
Visits to South Africa for short holi-
day had become increasingly popu-
lar for several years before the war,
and now the circumstances of the time
point to very great extension of
favor in this direction.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Steamship Manned by Women.

The Austrian steamer Fora. from
Alexandretta. a seaport in northern
Syria, which place she left on July
3. with cargo of licorice and gen.
eral merchandise. is commanded by
Capt Calagrovich. The Fora is con-
signed to l.. Ruzelli. and he insisted
that the ship be manned by crew
of Turkish women.
Said Mr.. Ruzelli: Yes, the Zora's
crew are all females. Strong and
sturdy, every one is. too. In fact.
there are no better sailors in the
world than the Turkish women OF
Alexandretta. They are used to the
sea from infancy. No one can handle
a boat better. Anyhow who knows
Turkish woman from a man? They
all dress alike
Continuing. he declared that these
Turkish Amazons could not be ex-
celled in seamanship.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
On the Right Track.

self-conscious and egotistical
young clergyman was supplying the
pulpit of a country church. After the
service he asked one of the dea-
cons, a grizzled, plain-spoken man.
what he thought of this mornings
effort" WAL" answered the old
man. slowly. I'll tell ye; I'll tell
ye in kind O. parable. 1t reminded
me of Sim Peck's fust deerhunt, when
he was green. He follered the deer's
tracks all right, but he follered 'em
all day in the wrong direction"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Woman Who Saw Waterloo.

According to La Vie iilustree the
last surviving witness of the battle
of Waterloo is Nine. Marie Therese
Dupuis, now living at Chapellelez-
Herlaimont, near Charleroi. The old
woman recently celebrated her one
hundredth birthday. She lives with
her two sons. The ages of the three
of them total 254 years. Nine. Du-
puis was the daughter of small
farmer named Roland
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Rather a IalI Story.

There is legend to the effect that
long ago man named Ramsay of
Banff, Scotland, having boiled down
a white snake and accidentally swal-
lowed a drop of the soup, against
which he had been warned as poison
Gus. found himself endowed with the
power of seeing through the people he
met. This unusual opportunity for di-
agnosis established his reputation and
fortune as a physician.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Success in Life.

Ordinary success depends on the
slightest shade of character, some
trick not worth an egg. Men are quail
ified for some things because they can
do nothing else. Confidence gives the
fool the advantage of the wise man.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread. Our doubts are traitors and
make us lose the good we else might
win by fearing to attempt. The desire
for the end will point out the means.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Good heavens. Laura! Where are
.-o.. main 2n q airund

Good heavens, Laura, Where are
you going?" he exclaimed.
into her hand at parting and from
which she had thus far had no oppor-
tunity to make an expenditure. She
rang for bell boy and ascertained
the time of the first train for the West.
1t was not until 9 O'Clock. She then
resolved to appear at dinner and
show him that she was as Indifferent
as he. She dressed deliberately after
packing a hand sachel and appeared at
the dinner table more radiant than
ever. She seated herself at the old
place and glanced around to see If he
had the audacity to appear. Yes. sure
enough, there he was but two tables
away still leaning adoringly over that
terrible woman with the dusky olive
skin and brilliant eyes. 1t was evil
dence of her coolness that she de-.
liberately regarded his clothing and
observed all the little characteristics
she had learned to belong to him.
Once during the meal he glanced to-
ward her, regarding her with cold po-
liteness. She noted that he continu-
ally glanced about the room as though
watching for somebody.
In the meantime Tom had made the
excuse of the afternoon cigar in or
der to get away and meet his brother
and new sister-in-law at the train and
arrange for a proper denouement. At
the depot he learned that the train
upon which they were coming had
been detained by a wreck. train
was going in that direction and would
meet it at a station about an hours
ride distant. the station agent assured
him. So he decided to ride out and
meet them and ride back with them.
1t would be much more pleasant than
waiting about the depot.
But alas for human plans, the wreck
was cleared much sooner than ex-
pected and when Tom arrived at the
station where he expected to meet 1t
he learned to his chagrin that it had
already passed and the more alarm
ing news that there was not another
train his way for two hours. He
gnashed his teeth in impatience, but
even then had no suspicion of the
tragedy about to be enacted.
AS the couple Laura was watching
swept out of the dining-room after
walking past her laughing and chat
ting happily. and evidently oblivious
OIL her presence, she arose to retire
also, and familiar voice at her elbow
said
so you wouldn't wait for me, sweet
heart; l think you might. Did you
think / had committed suicide?"
Don't you dare to touch me, sir"
she replied with flashing eyes and in
tones of deepest corn, turning on her
husband and drawing herself away
from him as something unclean, nor
speak to me, either. Go back to your
brunette. Papa will settle with you
later" Then she fled to her room
while Tom stood rooted to the spot.
Presently recovering, he suspected
the situation and rushed to the desk,
where he learned of the arrival of his
brother and his wife and the fact that
they were located in the next suite to
his own. He dashed upstairs. never
waiting for the elevator, only to find
mis- wife attired in travelling costume
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

ward her in an attitude Enthusiastically
lover-like. and was whispering ardent
ly into her very dainty and very will
ing ear. AS Laura was about to
scream out to him he turned and his
eyes met hers. With an unrecogniz-
ing stare he turned back with radi-
ant glance of devotion to the dark
woman on his arm and followed a
bell boy into an apartment.
AS the door closed she tried to
scream, but her voice failed her Me-
chanically she staggered back to her
bridal chamber and sank upon a
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
sio Fish Jumps Into skiff.

While Ira Russell and Miss Helen
Plumb were out trolling at Hopkins
Point on the st. Lawrence river, near
Baltimore, recently large sturgeon
suddenly jumped into their skiff and
nearly capsized it. The boat. being
an extremely light one, without ribs.
cracked under the weight of the big
fish, which foundered from one end
of the craft to the other. Mr.. Russell
IN tryioz to kill the fish with one of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Our Primer Lesson.

See the Fish! Is it big Fish! Yes:
it is the biggest Fish that was ever
pulled out of the Brook. Did q Man
catch it? Yes; Man caught 1t. He
landed it; and, because it did not get
away. he dropped dead from Surprise
and Heart Disease. From this we
should Learn that Big. Fishes are only
to be lied about and not caught
Puck
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Worlds Oldest Brick Plant.

The Oldest brick plant in the world
is believed to be that at Nivaagaard,
Denmark, which recently celebrated
it's second centenary, The plant be-
gan operations in 1701 for the pur-
pose of manufacturing brick and terra
Gotta, to be used in building castle
for Queen Louise. The records show
an output of $4,000, 900 bricks in 200
years, about half of which were pro-
duced in the last twenty-five years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
New Orleans Home for Orphans,

New Orleans is to have a home for
orphan boys, built out of funds be-
queathed by the late George Xavier
Carstairs. Mr.. Carstairs was himself
orphaned while very young and had a
hard struggle with the world. He ac-
cumulated large fortune, however,
all of which he has left for the pur
pose indicated.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Beyond Even Morsan's Reach.

First Citizen Morgan says there is
one thing he wants more than any
thing else," and that is to keep his
name out of the newspapers. The
First Citizen has evidently never
learned that as even he can't get all
he wants the way to be happy is to
want what he can get.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Senator Hoar Classical Scholar

Senator George F. Hoar is one of
the best classical scholars in New
England. He devotes all his spare
time to the study of works of me.
dia eval writers and can quote from
Caesar, Tacitus and others by the
yard
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Electric Motors for AbyssinIa.

The king of Abyssinia has ordered
five electric motors In Switzerland for
the railway that traverses his domin
ion from Djibouti to Harrar The
railway is owned by the government
and the emperor is its de facto presi
dent and general manager.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Witnessed Famous Sea Fioht.

Miss Elizabeth Silsby Archer, who
died in Salem, Mass, last week, aged
nearly 101 years, witnessed the naval
fight between the Chesapeake and
Shannon off Salem during the war of
1872. She was born in Salem Dec
5. 1901, and was IL years old at the
time of the fight between the Chesa
peake and Shannon.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Paints Interior of Human Eye.

A woman in New York is an expert
at painting pictures of the inside Of
the eye. She examines it with the
opthalmoscope and then paints pic
ture of what she sees. Her sketches
are being used for the colored plates
to illustrate costly work upon the
human eye, which is to be the first
published in the United States
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
New Monument to Washington.

The people of Alexandria, Va, pro-
pose to erect a monument to com
memorate the one hundredth ami
versary u the death of George Wash
ington. The first president, in his
youth, was one of those who helped to
survey the old city of Alexandria in
1749.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Ancient skulls Are Found.

While digging a deep trench near
Frankenhauser, Saxony, some labor
ers found human bones buried in the
dry loam. The fragments of skull
were so unusually large they sent all
the bones to Professor Giessberg, who
says they show an antiquity of $500
years, and are the remains of three
individuals each z feet 6 inches.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
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WE scRiBEs.

of the Right
The givers of glory to nations are We.
The builders OF shafts and of monu-
ments
To soldiers and daring great men of the
sea;
But we are the homeless, strange dwell |
lers in tents.
With never a tablet or high-built stone
Yet what care we who go down in the
Though we live unnamed. though We die
unknown.
If only We live and we die for the
Right? Il
There are brighter things in this world
than gold.
There are nobler things in this world
than name
To silently do with your deeds untold. 4
To silently die unnoised to fame
Then forth to the fight, unnamed and
alone.
Let us lead the world to its destined
hight;
Enough to know. If but this be known.
We live and die In the ranks for the
Right
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the oars. accidentally broke a hole
rapidly with water
Their only salvation then was to
reach shore before the boat could go
down. They had nothing with which
to bail out the water, but Miss
Plumb, alive to the desperate situa-
ton, removed one of her shoes and
bailed out the Skin, while MIR. Russell
pulled for the shore. They reached
shallow water before their boat sank.
The sturgeon measured four feet six
inches in length and weighed forty
four pounds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

and the man of letters Is solely in
dignity; the one parts with his gold
for thought the other parts with his
thought for gold.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
"Mhat Make. a Man7y

net numerous years nor heightened III
Nor pretty children and wife,
Nor pins and chains and fancy rings,
Nor any such like trumpery things
Nor pipes. cigars bottled wine;
Nor liberty with kings to dine;
Nor coat, nor boot nor yet hat;
Nor master. reverend sir, nor squire,
With titles that the memory tire;
Nor ancestry traced back to WilE
Who went from Normandy to kill:
Nor judges robes nor mayors mace,
Nor crown that decks the royal race
These all united never can
Enlarge the soul to make the man.
"A truthful soul. loving mind
Full of affection for its kind
A. helper of the human race;
A soul of beauty and of grace;
A spirit firm. erect and free.
That never basely bends the knee;
That will not bear n feathers weight
OF slavery's chains for small great
That firmly speaks of God within
And never makes a league with sin;
That snaps the fetters despots make;
That loves the truth for its own sake;
That worships God and only God:
That trembles at no tyrants nod
And thus can smile in curse and ban
That is the soul that makes the man"